第五十五章

含德之厚，比于赤子。蜂虿虺蛇不螫，猛兽不据，攫鸟不搏。骨弱筋柔而握固。未知牝牡之合而全作，精之至也。终日号而不嗄，和之至也。知和曰常，知常曰明，益生曰祥，心使气曰强。物壮则老，谓之不道，不道早已。

One who is rich in virtue is like a newborn infant. Wasps and scorpions and vipers will not sting it; fierce beasts will not seize it; birds of prey will not attack it. Its bones are soft and sinews tender, yet its grip is firm. It does not yet know the union of male and female, yet its vitality is whole — its essence is at its peak. It cries all day without becoming hoarse — its harmony is at its peak. Knowing harmony is called the eternal; knowing the eternal is called enlightenment. Excess of life is called ill-omened; the mind directing the breath is called forced. Things overgrown soon decay — this is not the Tao. What is not the Tao comes to an early end.

白话译文

含德深厚的人，就像初生的婴儿。毒虫不螫他，猛兽不伤害他，凶鸟不搏击他。骨头柔弱筋肉柔软却能握得很紧。不知道男女交合之事，但生殖器却能勃起，这是精气充足到了极点。整天号哭嗓子却不沙哑，这是和气达到了极点。懂得和谐叫做恒常，懂得恒常叫做明达。贪求增益生命叫做不祥，用心念驱使气叫做逞强。事物强壮了就会衰老，这叫做不合于道，不合于道的很快就会消亡。

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