| 《老子·第三十三章》 知人者智，自知者明。 胜人者有力，自胜者强。 知足者富，强行者有志。 不失其所者久，死而不亡者寿。 这段文字流传已久。好像出土的马王堆帛书中，辩读出来的文本也与此一致。最近看到一段不错的译文，记录一下： To understand others is to be knowledgeable; To understand yourself is to be wise. To conquer others is to have strength; To conquer yourself is to be strong. To know when you have enough is to be rich. To go forward with strength is to have ambition. To not lose your place is to last long. To die but not be forgotten--that's true long life. 我是从一部名为“Americans' Favorite Poems”(2000年)中读到这段译文，确实译得颇具诗意。译文的作者是Robert G. Henricks(1943-)。也许这位先生现在还在世，他给自己起的中文名字是韩禄伯。他的《道德经》英译（1992年）很受赞赏。这里就不赘言。 这里顺便也摘录一下林语堂先生的译文。林先生可能是最早把《道德经》完整译成英文的第一人。 He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise. He who conquers others has power of muscles; He who conquers himself is strong. He who is contented is rich. He who is determined has strength of will. He who does not lose his center endures. He who dies yet (his power) remains has long life. 点击这个链接，可以看到这段《道德经》的更多的英文译文。 |
Reader86: 林：
He who dies yet (his power) remains has long life.
括号中的词没有必要，诗中最忌讳括号。
“To die not to be forgotten” is better. ...
panda: 韩禄伯best. 老林不敢恭维。或最后一句不知所云
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