Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Chapter 31 “Value the Left” (貴左章) Part 2

Описание: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, Chapter 31 "Value the Left" (貴左章)
Translation and annotation by Derek Lin

The text:

1. 夫佳兵者 不祥之器 - A strong military, a tool of misfortune
2. 物或惡之 - All things detest it
3. 故有道者不處 - Therefore, those who possess the Tao avoid it
4. 君子居則貴左 - Honorable gentlemen, while at home, value the left
5. 用兵則貴右 - When deploying the military, value the right
6. 兵者不祥之器 - The military is a tool of misfortune
7. 非君子之器 - Not the tool of honorable gentlemen
8. 不得已而用之 - When using it out of necessity
9. 恬淡為上 - Calm detachment should be above all
10. 勝而不美 - Victorious but without glory
11. 而美之者 - Those who glorify
12. 是樂殺人 - Are delighting in the killing
13. 夫樂殺人者 - Those who delight in killing
14. 則不可得志於天下矣 - Cannot achieve their ambitions upon the world
15. 吉事尚左 - Auspicious events favor the left
16. 凶事尚右 - Inauspicious events favor the right
17. 偏將軍居左 - The lieutenant general is positioned to the left
18. 上將軍居右 - The major general is positioned to the right
19. 言以喪禮處之 - We say that they are treated as if in a funeral
20. 殺人之眾 - Those who have been killed
21. 以悲哀泣之 - Should be mourned with sadness
22. 戰勝以喪禮處之 - Victory in war should be treated as a funeral
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