道德经
2008-1
外文出版社
老子
159
王柯平
Lao Zi iS considered the founder of early Daoism（Taoism）and studied worldwide．As has been ob-served by both oriental and occidental readers（e．g．Hegel），the ideas of Lao Zi tend to be more philo-sophical in the pure sense of this term when com-pared with those of his contemporaries in China．Itis commonly acknowledged that Lao ZiS philoso-phizing is one of the main sources underlying thestructure or formation of the overall psychology ofthe Chinese people
为全英文版，简要介绍了老子和《道德经》的有关知识，力求做到行文通俗易懂，希望能帮助大家更好地理解《道德经》中的智慧真谛，让“道”真正地融入我们的日常生活之中，从我们身边的细微末节就能够体会到老子的思想。
AcknowledgementsPrefaceDao De JingAppendix：A Thematic Readinq Guide
Oneisalarmedwheninreceiptoffavorordisgrace． One has great trouble because of ones body thathehas． What is meant by being alarmed by favor ordisgrace? Favor is regarded as superior，and disgrace asinferior． One is alarmed When one receives them And equally alarmed when one loses them． Thisiswhatismeantbybeingalarmedbyfavorordisgrace． What is meant by having great trouble because ofthe body? The reasonwhyIhavegreattroubleisthatIhaveabody． If I had nobody， Wmat trouble could I have? Hence he who values the world similarly as he val-Deshisbody Canbeentrustedwiththeworld．
