老子及其思想(中英文)PPt

andTaoism老子及其思想老子（约公元前571年—公元前471年），姓李名耳，字聃。是我国古代伟大的哲学家和思想家、道家学派创始人。在道教中，老子被尊为道教始祖。老子乃世界文化名人，世界百位历史名人之一，存世有《道德经》（又称《老子》），主张无为而治，其学说对中国哲学发展具有深刻影响。Lao-Tzu(about571B.C-471B.C)surnameLiandnameEr,stylenameDan.Greatphilosopherandthinker,thefounderoftheTaoistschoolandTaoismWorldculturecelebrities,oneoftheworld'sonehundredhistoricalfiguresWritting:《DaodeJing》(alsocalled《Laozi》,Notableideas:Wuwei(meansnon-action,lettingthingstaketheirowncourse);ItstheoryhasaprofoundinfluenceonthedevelopmentofChinesephilosophy.Itistheruleofthenature.Weneedtoobservethenatureandunderstandingthewayofit,sothatwecanuseittobenefitus.TheTaoismWhatistheway?(何为“道”？）“道”就是自然规律；顺其自然，则受益于自然。WhatisNon-action?(何为“无为”？）老子提出的“无为”,不是什么也不做,而是指要顺应自然,排除不必要的妄为,不要勉强用人事的力量去干扰自然规律或社会规律的自身发展。Wuwei:meansnon-actionortotakethingslettheirowncourse,proposedbyLaoZi,isnotdoingnothing,butcomplytonature,excludestheunnecessaryindulging,andnotreluctantlyusingpeople’spowertointerferethenaturalorsociallawsowndevelopment.Lao-Tzu’ssayings：道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。无名，天地之始；有名，万物之母。TheTaothatcanbetoldof,isnottheAbsoluteTao;TheNamesthatcanbegiven,arenotAbsoluteNames.TheNamelessistheoriginofHeavenandearth;TheNamedistheMotherofAllThings.上善若水，水善利万物而不争。Thehighestgoodislikethatofwater.Thegoodnessofwateristhatitbenefitsthetenthousandcreatures.