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篇一:中文习语英译2

一、汉 译 英

(1)别有用心 (2)出尔反尔

(3)称王称霸 (4)背信弃义

(5)狂妄自大 (6)狼狈为奸

(7)礼尚往来 (8)众志成城

(9)利令智昏 (10)自食其果

(11)忠言逆耳(12)自取灭亡

(13)倒行逆施(14)变本加厉

(15)有目共睹(16)一如既往

(17)危言耸听(18)说三道四

(19)丧权辱国(20)引狼人室

(21)后患无穷(22)义愤填膺

(23)大势所趋(24)背道而驰

(25)一意孤行(26)坐收渔人之利

(27)远亲不如近邻。

(28)换汤不换药

(29)搬起石头砸自己的脚。

(30)冒天下之大不韪

(31)情人眼里出西施。

(32)醉翁之意不在酒

(33)只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯。

(34)住在狼窝边,小心不为过。

(35)天地万物,莫贵于人。

(36)又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草。

(37)天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。

(38)人不可貌相,海水不可斗量。

(39)人无千日好,花无百日红。

(40)血浓于水,叶落归根。

(41)满招损,谦受益。

(42)居移气,养移体。

(43)刚者至柔,柔者至刚。

(44)八仙过海,各显神通。

(45)每逢佳节倍思亲。

(46)酒逢知已干杯少。

(47)常言道:近朱者赤,近墨者黑。

(48)缘千里来相会,无缘对面不相逢

(49)凡事预则立,不预则废。

(50)棒头出孝子。

(51)饱汉不知饿汉饥。

(52)伴君如伴虎。

(53)天行健,君子以自强不息。

(54)冰冻三尺,非一日之寒

(55)宝剑锋从磨砺出,梅花香自苦寒来。

(1) to harbor/have/out of/with ulterior motives; with malicious intent; to have an axe to grind

(2) to go back on one’s words; to play fast and loose; to blow hot and cold; to chop and change; inconsistent/undependable/self-contradictory.

(3) To lord it over (others/all); to play the tyrant; to dominate/domineer and swashbuckle

(4) To act in bad faith; to play foul/false; treacherous; to go back on one’s words

(5) Arrogant and conceited; self-important; to ride the high horse; false pride; to get too big for one’s boots

(6) To work hand in glove with; to band together; to collaborate/collude with sb in evil doing

(7) Courtesy demands reciprocity; to exchange on an equal basis/footing

(8) The united will of the masses is like a fortress; People with one will are stronger than a fortress; Unity is strength.

(9) Blinded by one’s gains (by the lust for gain/the love of gain/self-interests); to bend one’s principles to one’s interests; to be so obsessed with the idea of profit-making that one loses all sense of righteousness

(10) To eat one’s own bitter fruit (the fruit of one’s own doing/the fruit of one’s own making);to reap what one sows; to bite off one’s own head; to face the consequences of one’s own action

(11)

(12) Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear. To court one’s own ruin/doom/disaster; to invite one’s own destruction; to cut one’s own throat; to bring destruction to oneself; to take the road to one’s doom

(13) To go against the trend of the times; to set back the clock; to push a reactionary policy; retrogressive/perverse acts

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To intensify one’s efforts to do sth; to become aggravated; to be further intensified; with

ever-increasing intensity

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(19) To be obvious to all; as clear as day As always; just as in the past; as before To exaggerate just to scare/frighten people; alarmist talk; sensational To make irresponsible remarks/criticisms To surrender a country’s sovereign rights under humiliating terms; to humiliate the nation by forfeiting its sovereignty

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(27) To invite/bring a wolf into the house; to open the door to an enemy No end of trouble for the future; Endless troubles will follow. To be filled with indignation The trend of the time; the general trend To run counter to … To cling obstinately to one’s course; to act willfully; to insist on having one’s own way To reap the spoils of victory without lifting a finger; to profit from other’s conflict Neighbors are dearer than distant relatives. Neighbors are more helpful than distant relatives. A remote kinsfolk is not as good as a near neighbor.

(28) The same medicine prepared with different water; the same old stuff with a different label; a change in form but not in essence

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(30) To lift a rock only to crush/squash one’s own feet; to tread on one’s own tail To defy public opinion (the will of the people); to fly/go in the face of the will of the people (public opinion); to face universal condemnation

(31) Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Love sees no fault. Beauty lies in the lover’s eyes. Love blinds a man to imperfections.

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Many kiss the baby for the nurse’s sake; The drinker’s heart is not in his cup –he has

something else in his mind. One talks about one thing, but tries to do another.

(33) While the magistrates are free to burn down houses, the common people are forbidden even to light lamps. One may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedge.

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(35) Living near a wolf’s den, you can never be too cautious. Of all the living things nurtured between heaven and earth, the most valuable is the human beings.

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(37) You want the horse to run fast and yet you don’t let it graze. Storms gather without warning in nature, and bad luck befalls men overnight. The weather and human life are both unpredictable.

(38) A person cannot be judged by his appearance, just like the sea cannot be measured with a bucket. A person can no more be judged by his looks than the sea be measured with a bucket.

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(42) Man cannot be always fortunate just as flowers do not last forever. Blood is thicker than water, the falling leaves settle on the roots. Haughtiness invites losses while modesty brings profits. One’s position alters the temperament, just as nourishment affects the body. Honors change manners.

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(44) Nothing is so strong as gentleness; Nothing is so gentle as strength. Like the Eight Fairies/Immortals crossing the sea, each displaying his own talent/magic power.

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(46) On festive occasion, more often than ever, we think of our dear ones far away. Among bosom friends, a thousand cups of wine are not too many/enough. A thousand cups of wine are too few when drinking with close friends.

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As the saying goes, “What’s near cinnabar goes red, and what’s next to ink turns black.”

(48) Those who are meant to meet will meet even if they are separated by a thousand miles; those who are not meant to meet will not get acquainted even if they brush shoulders with one another.

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(51) Preparedness ensures success and unpreparedness spells failure. Forewarned, forearmed. Spare the rod and spoil the child. The well-fed simply has no idea of how the starving suffers. Little does the fat sow know what the lean means.

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(53) Nearest the king, nearest the gallows. As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should constantly strive for self-perfection.

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It takes more than a day to freeze three feet of ice. Rome was not built in a day. No pains, no gains. No gains without pains.

二、英 译 汉

(1) as blind as a bat

(2) as cool as a cucumber

(3) as easy as rolling off a log

(4) a bed of roses

(5) between the devil and the blue sea

(6) to call a spade a spade

(7) now or never

(8) to pull one’s leg

(9) with tongue in cheek

篇二:习语翻译

Translating/Interpreting Idioms 习语翻译

1. Idiom for Idiom(以习语译习语)。请找出下列习语相应的英/汉习语:

(1) 水滴石穿

(2) 破釜沉舟

(3) 隔墙有耳

(4) 积少成多

(5) 三思而后行

(6) 无风不起浪

(7) 一箭双雕

(8) 一言既出,驷马难追

(9) 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆

(10) 谋事在人,成事在天

(11) The burnt child dreads the fire.

(12) Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.

(13) Where there is a will, there is a way.

(14) Strike while the iron is hot.

(15) To fish in the air

(16) Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.

(17) To kill the goose that lays golden eggs

(18) All good things must come to an end.

(19) A fall to the pit, a gain in your wit.

(20) Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings.

There is no smoke without fire.

Walls have ears.

As you sow, so will you reap.

Look before you leap.

Man proposes, god disposes.

To burn one’s boats

What is said cannot be unsaid.

Many a little makes a mickle.

Constant dripping wears the stone.

To kill two birds with one stone.

吃一堑,长一智。

有志者,事竟成。

缘木求鱼

饥不择食

天下没有不散的筵席。

宁为鸡头,勿为凤尾。

趁热打铁

家丑不可外扬。

一朝被蛇咬,十年怕草绳。

杀鸡取卵

2. Literal Translation (直译法)

以下是根据汉语习语直译而成,请说出其相应的汉语习语。

(1) as easy as turning over one’s hand/palm—very easy

(2) as short-sighted as mice—see no farther than one’s nose

(3) a gentleman uses his tongue, not his fists.

(4) There’ll never be a shortage of firewood as long as green

hills remain; As long as green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood; While there is life, there is hope.

(5) A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near; A bosom

friend afar makes a world smaller; Long distance separates no bosom friends.

(6) A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step.

(7) The gift itself may be as light as a feather, but sent afar, it

conveys deep feelings.

(8) Leniency to those who confess, and punishment to those

who resist.

(9) To cut the feet to fit the shoes

(10) Distant water cannot put out a nearby fire.

(11) Good medicine is bitter in the mouth, but good for the

disease.

(12) Listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed

only one side and you will be benighted.

(13) Blood is thicker than water.

(14) To play with fire

(15) To show one’s cards

(16) To be armed to the teeth

(17) To head a wolf into the house

(18) As sly as a fox

(19) An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

(20) God helps those who help themselves.

3. Paraphrasing or Free Translation (意译法)

以下是习语一般用意译,请试着翻译。

(1) 小二黑过年,一年不如一年。

(2) 擀面杖吹火—一窍不通

(3) 碰一鼻子灰

(4) 打开天窗说亮话

(5) 木已成舟,只好如此了!

(6) 不管三七二十一

(7) 小巫见大巫

(8) 十五个吊桶打水—七上八下

(9) 一个和尚挑水吃,两个和尚抬水吃,三个和尚没水吃。

(10) a fly on the wheel

(11) a bull in a china shop

(12) to paint the lily

(13) an area flowing with milk and honey

(14) by hook or crook

(15) to carry fire in one hand and water in the other

(16) Every dog has its day.

4. Literal Translation Combined with Paraphrasing (直译加注法)

(1) 杀鸡给猴看 to kill the chicken to frighten the monkey—to

punish somebody as a warning to others.

(2) 班门弄斧 to show off one’s skill with the axe before Lu Ban

the master carpenter—to display one’s slight skill before an expert/to teach your grandma to suck eggs/to offer to teach fish to swim

(3) 三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮。Three cobblers with their wits

combined surpass Zhuge Liang the mastermind—two heads are better than one.

Principles for Translating/Interpreting Idioms 翻译习语的原则 There are a number of principles to be followed in

篇三:太极之道

太极之道

释家有“一花一世界,一木一菩提”之说,此说讲的就是事事物物都有一个属于自己的太极。那么到底什么是太极呢?《横渠易说·说卦》云:“一物两体,其太极之谓欤!”已对此作了明确的描述。老子在《道德经》中云:“道生一,一生二,二生三,三生万物。”个中之“一”,指的就是“太极”。世间万物都是“道”通过这个“一”,这个“太极”生发出来的。太极虽不是万物的究竟和本来面目,却是生发万物的枢纽,是“道”的亲子,没有它万物无以生成!

《周易·系辞上》云:“是故,易有太极,是生两仪,两仪生四象,四象生八卦,八卦定吉凶,吉凶生大业。”内中所讲的两仪,就是阴阳,四象就是少阴、少阳、太阴、太阳,八卦则是世间万象。真是寥寥几笔,就把太极生发万物的过程进行了生动的描述。

太极又名太一,它的一半代表着阳的、有的、实的、唯物的成分;一半代表着阴的、无的、虚的、唯心的成分。阳的成分,我们可以用现代科学仪器来进行探究;阴的成分,我们只能用灵异修为的方法去进行论证。阳有阳的规律,阴有阴的逻辑。我们生活在阳性有形世界的人们,最好还是按阳性有形事物的规律,以科学和唯物主义理论作指导,来分析和研究事物;但对于搞学术研究的人来说,又必须明白世界上除存在着阳性有形事物外,也还存在着阴性无形事物。太极是由阴阳两部分组成的,它在任何时候、任何情况下,也不可能只反映其中的一部分而遗忘另外的一部分。

流传下来的太极图有多种类型,但最常见的是阴阳鱼之组合形式,这里我们就以此为依据来进行探讨和研究。

一、对待依存

太极图里的这一对阴阳鱼从生成的那一刻起,就一直紧紧地抱在一起谁也离不开谁,成了一个不可分割的整体。正如《幼学琼林·夫妇》中所云的那样:“孤阴则不生,独阳则不长。”《道德经》又云:“难易相成,长短相形,高下相倾,音声相和,前后相随。”它告诉人们,任何事物都处在相互的对待关系中。《庄子·齐物论》云:“非彼无我,非我无所取。”说的也是太极图中阴鱼和阳鱼的这种对待依存关系。

对待不离阴阳,阳性事物和阴性事物构成对待,阴性事物和阳性事物构成对待,但不是所有的阴阳事物都可以构成对待,它们中只有比例和属性适当者才会有对待之关系。如图中:一阳对九阴,二阳对八阴,三阳对七阴,四阳对六阴,五阳对五阴,反之亦然,而除此之外的其他比例和属性则不能构成对待。对待又可分为平等对待与强弱对待两种。平等对待是平分秋色,五五相对;强弱对待是一强一弱势力悬殊。其实平等对待和强弱对待,也是随着阴阳的消长,在不断的变化。有时候平等对待可以转化成强弱对待,强弱对待也可以转化成平等对待。平等对待好象两个能力才华都相等的朋友,强弱对待好象两个能力才华都不等的朋友。平等对待为正应,强弱对待为偏应。不管是正应还是偏应,只要能与之相应就是好事。

《道德经》云:“知其雄,守其雌,??知其白,守其黑,??知其荣,守其辱??”说的也是这种阴与阳的对待关系。在事物的对待关系里,就宏观而言,我们可以把它分为虚与实的对待、动与静的对待、聚与散的对待、清与浊的对待、有与无的对待、科学与灵异的对待

等等。就人而言,又可以分为男与女的对待、生与死的对待、身与影的对待、灵魂与肉体的对待等等。对待其实就是一种相生的关系,就象金生水、水生木、木生火、火生土、土生金一样??。

二、对立统一

除了对待关系,还有一种称之为对立的关系。对立关系反映的是事物间的相克现象,如金克木、木克土、土克水、水克火、火克金一样。它们彼此之间虽然属性相反,但又都被统一在这个太极之中,也形成了一种不可或缺的存在。如果其中的一方消失了,另外的一方也会跟着消失。太极图为了使生态平衡,不但造就了生我者和我生者(对待关系),还造就了克我者和我克者(对立关系)。

阴战于阳,阳战于阴的这种对立关系,我们也可以把它分为平等对立和强弱对立两种。平等对立是矛盾的双方势均力敌,旗鼓相当。而强弱对立,如果站在弱的一方,则情况比较危急;如果站在强的一方,则矛盾还不明显。但不管是平等对立还是强弱对立,都不是一成不变的,随着事物的发展,有的时候弱势可以变成强势,强势也可以变成弱势。如一方走旺运,另外一方自然会行衰运;如一方行衰运,另外一方也自然会走旺运,这是事物发展的必然规律。

正如物理学中有引力和斥力,天干地支中有合力和冲力一样,世界上的一切事物也都存在着对待和对立两种关系。在对待关系中,如果我们处于强势,就可以帮助或提携处于弱势的事物;如果我们处于弱势,也可以得到强势事物的帮助或提携;如果我们是阴阳各半,则可以互惠互利。但在其对立的关系中,若我们处于强势,便能控制处于弱势的事物;若我们处于弱势,则会被强势事物所控制;若我们双方旗鼓相当,又难免互不相让。在研究对立的事物时,一定要善于明察强与弱、升与降的状态,弱者要避免与强者对立,降者要避免与升者对立。在对立体系中,只有符合自然规律的升者、强者才能最后获得胜利。

每一件事物都有其生我者、我生者和克我者、我克者,在处理它们之间的关系时,一定要学会顺其所生而避其所克。对立和对待是万事万物的基本属性,但也不是一成不变的,调和得好,对立的事物可以朝对待的方向发展;调和不好,对待的事物也会朝对立的方向转变。所以说世界上既没有永远的朋友,也没有永远的敌人。

三、气运循环

从十二辟卦中我们可以看到,十一月(冬至)为地雷复卦,一阳初生;十二月为地泽临卦,二阳生;正月为地天泰卦,三阳生;二月为雷天大壮卦,四阳生;三月为泽天夬卦,五阳生;四月为乾为天卦,六阳生。至此阳气已行到了极旺之地,物极必反,所以一阴又生于五月(夏至),为天风姤卦;六月二阴生,为天山遁卦;七月三阴生,为天地否卦;八月四阴生,为风地观卦;九月五阴生,为山地剥卦;十月六阴生,为坤为地卦;至十一月(冬至)阴气也行到了极旺之地,物极必反,一阳又开始萌生,于是又有了新一轮的循环。

太极图中这种阳生阴死,阴生阳死的现象,使地球上的春、夏、秋、冬和二十四个季节得以千秋使然、运行不迭。阳气得时得位则息,失时失位则消;阴气得时得位则消,失时失位则

息。这也说明气的流布是循环往复的,有一句俗语叫:“风水轮流转,明年到我家。”根据气运循环的原理,任何事物都不可能永远地繁荣,也不可能永远地衰败。旺极了就会衰,衰极了又会旺,这就是气运流布的总的规律。

但有人可能会问,为什么有些人一生都处于旺地,而有些人却一辈子都处在衰地呢?这里就有一个小太极(小循环)与大太极(大循环)的问题。我们把一个人一生中的旺衰起伏称作小太极(小循环);把一个人前前后后宿世的因缘称作大太极(大循环)。小太极(小循环)中的气运流布情况是人们看得见的;大太极(大循环)中的气运流布情况是人们看不见的(因为阳性世界的人,大多都没有查看多生多世情况的能力)。一个人如果今生今世处在大太极(大循环)之旺地,就会比那些今生今世处在大太极(大循环)之衰地的人幸运得多,但来世如何呢?则又要另当别论了,因为大太极的气运也是循环的。

四、有无相生

《道德经》云:“有无相生,难易相成??”因太极图中阳的部分同时也代表着“有”,阴的部分同时也代表着“无”。当“有”的部分发展到极旺之时,“无”也随之生出,而“有”则开始消失,就象人到壮年后慢慢走向死亡一样;当“无”的部分发展到极旺之时,“有”也随之生出,而“无”也开始隐退,就象人受父精母血而成胎一样。有无之相生,就象鸡生蛋,蛋生鸡,没有谁先谁后!

有生于无,无也生于有。当此是生,则彼是死;当彼是生,则此又是死。这样看来,又孰为其生,孰为其死呢?《庄子·齐物论》云:“方生方死,方死方生。??是亦彼也,彼亦是也。”说破了就是生即是死,死亦是生,生生死死仅仅是阴阳的消息而已!阳极生阴,阴极生阳,永无终止,这就是生生不已的太极。

五、守中持衡

太极图在向人们展示其升降关系时,特别注重守中持衡。程子在《中庸》的注解中说道:“不偏之谓中,不易之谓庸。”因此守中持衡就是不偏不倚,无过与不及也。

《周易·丰·彖》中云:“日中则昃,月盈则食。”认为阳亢则为灾,阴盛则为祸,只有阴阳平衡才可以百业兴隆。夏天如果阳气太旺了,动植物就会遭殃;冬天如果阴气太盛了,动植物也会罹难。人如果阳气太旺了,就容易引起心脑血管等方面的疾病;阴气太盛了,也容易导致肾、泌尿系统、风湿等方面的问题。

《易童子问》云:“物极则反,数穷则变,天道之常也。”强调事物旺到了极点就会衰,衰到了极点就会旺,因此要求人们守中。

就太极图而言,阴阳各半之谓中,“中”是最为和谐的对待。但“中”又有上升之“中”和下降之“中”的不同,我们要守住上升之“中”,使其不再上升,再上升就会物极必反;守住下降之“中”,使其不再下降,再下降则会引发灾难。《中庸》云:“中也者,天下之大本也;和也者,天下之达道也。致中和,天地位焉,万物育焉。”是说只有在阴阳各半的状态下,天地才能各安其位,万物才能生生不息。

六、阴阳互根

我们根据《帛书周易》中阴阳交感和八卦排列的原则,采用逆向推理,把太极图分为先天与后天。先天图阴宫在左边,阳宫在右边,没有鱼眼。且先天图只有乾坤两卦,左为坤(东北至正南),右为乾(西南至正北)。但由于乾坤两卦的交感作用,生出了六个子卦,产生了新的八卦方位,形成了我们现在看到的这个后天太极图。乾坤两卦的交感过程是:乾卦初爻与坤卦初爻相交,变成震卦于东北;乾卦二爻与坤卦二爻相交,变成坎卦于正东;乾卦三爻与坤卦三爻相交,变成艮卦于东南;然后三爻全变为乾卦立于正南;坤卦初爻与乾卦初爻相交,变成巽卦于西南;坤卦二爻与乾卦二爻相交,变成离卦于正西;坤卦三爻与乾卦三爻相交,变成兑卦于西北;然后三爻全变为坤卦立于正北。这样后天太极图就由原来的左阴右阳变成了现在的左阳右阴。左边虽然属阳,但因先天为阴,所以极中一点(鱼眼)仍然为阴;右边虽然属阴,但因先天为阳,所以极中一点(鱼眼)仍然为阳。此即阳中之阴和阴中之阳的来历。

《类经图翼》云:“阴根于阳,阳根于阴。”《朱子语类·卷九十四》曰:“阳中有阴,阴中有阳,错综无穷也。”都是在形容太极图阳鱼中的黑眼和阴鱼中的白眼。太极图阳鱼的核心属阴(黑眼),阴鱼的核心属阳(白眼)。就象男人属阳,禀刚烈之气,却偏偏其寿命没有女人长,皆因内在核心是阴之故也;女人为阴,受柔弱之体,却往往在寿命上长于男子,也是因其内在的核心是阳之故也。

阴阳互根反映在社会事物的各个方面,再拿人来说吧,在阳世上,我们的肉体为阳,而支配肉体的灵魂却为阴;在阴世间,我们的灵魂为阴,但轮回的那一粒种子却又为阳。太极图的这种阴阳互根现象,又为我们更好地认识在阴阳统摄下的虚与实、动与静、清与浊、聚与散、真与假等辨证关系提供了便利。

阳根于阴,阴根于阳;至刚者柔,至柔者刚。这就是为什么牙齿是最刚硬的,却脱落得早;舌头是最柔软的,却衰败得晚的原因。太极图告诉我们,一切事物发展到一定的时候,其逐渐显露的本质就会与自己的形式相悖。所以说阴阳、刚柔、善恶、美丑等,都不是固定不变的,只要事物发展到了极至,就会有与之相反的属性显露出来。

七、得失互补

《道德经》云:“祸兮,福之所倚;福兮,祸之所伏。”讲的就是太极图所展示的这种得失互补之规律。太极图崇尚中和,不论是阴还是阳,只要有一方出现了“得”,另一方就会出现“失”。若加一分阳,就会失去一分阴;加一分阴,就会失去一分阳。因此在太极所统辖的阴阳两道,从来没有不均衡的事物,只是有的时候,我们凡夫之人难以看到它的另一面而已。

屈原在《楚辞·卜居》中云:“夫尺有所短,寸有所长;物有所不足,智有所不明;数有所不逮,神有所不通。”也是在阐说道生发的这个“一”,这个太极,它所反映的一切事物都是有得有失的。从太极的原理来看,无得无失是不能称之为事物的;不能称之为事物,也就不会在太极之中。太极反映于事物上的这种得与失,也可以称之为道的表现形式或道之用,无得无失才是道的本体。在得与失中,又有看得见的得失与看不见的得失。因为我们生活在阳性有形世界里,受时间和空间的限制,只能看见阳性有形之得失,而看不见阴性无形之得

失,更何况是过去、未来之得失呢!要看见阴性无形之得失,或过去、未来之得失,除非此人在佛、道或其他灵异修为上有很高的造诣。

八、心物同源

这里首先要搞清楚一个问题,什么是心?什么是物?

什么是心呢?心有两种解释:一是六祖慧能所讲的那个“如如之心”。这个心,不在其上,不在其下;不在其左,不在其右;不在其外,不在其内;佛道两家都把它称之为宇宙的本体,人的本来面目。二是和人的阳性肉体相对应的那个看不见的阴性力量。它是由人们无始劫来的无明习性所生成,佛门称之为业识或灵魂,也就是我们今天所讲的心物同源的心。那什么是物呢?物就是阳性世界中的一切客观存在。

在太极图中,看得见、摸得着的阳性部分是物;看不见、摸不着的阴性部分是心。心和物处在同一个对待体中,天下没有无心之物,也没有无物之心。即有此心,便有此物;即有此物,便有此心。心和物是对待依存的,失此则无彼,失彼则无此。在心和物的对待关系中,心既可以影响物,物也可以影响心。心和物不但是一体,又都是由“道”所生,因此说心物同源。

九、波、粒、影三相

理论物理学家们早在七八十年前,就发现了电子、原子、分子等粒子的波粒二相性。即它们有时候表现出粒子的属性,有时候又表现出波的属性。其实这种波粒二相性,已被太极图更为明确地反映了出来。太极图可大可小,化为点可以无穷小,其小无内;变为圆可以无穷大,其大无外。太极图以圆点的形式象征粒子的属性,以阴阳鱼的分界线象征波的属性。太极图不但反映出了波粒二相,还反映出了第三相,即和粒子(实子)相对应的影子(虚子)。其实波、粒、影是一体的,站在阳性的立场上看事物,则示以粒子(实子)之形式;站在阴阳交界处看事物,则示以波之形式;站在阴性的立场上看事物,则示以影子(虚子)之形式。我们人类不但处在阳性有形世界之中,而且其躯体也是阳性有形之物,因此我们要体察阴性虚子世界中的事物,就很难很难,除非其有先天的慧根或高超的灵异修为。

十、简易、变易、不易

《周易·系辞上》云:“乾以易知,坤以简能;易则易知,简则易从。”乾指的是太极图的阳性部分,坤指的是太极图的阴性部分。太极图本着易知和易从的原则来阐释世间万事万物的变化规律,而且只用了阴阳两种概念,这不能不说它非常的简单和高明。

《周易·系辞下》云:“易之为常也不可远,为道也屡迁,变动不居,周流六虚,上下无常,刚柔相易,不可为典要,唯变所适。”又云:“穷则变,变则通,通则久。”太极的原理虽然非常简单,但其变化却又无穷无尽,从阴穷于子位的一阳生,到阳穷于午位的一阴生,每时每刻都在变。变使其事物充满活力,使其宇宙运行不息。《易纬·乾凿度》云:“天地不变,不能通气。五行迭终,四时更废,君臣取象,变节相移,能消思者,不专败者,此其变异者也。”所以说太极之道在于变,也只有通过变,才能把生生不易的太极精神给体现出来。

说太极是唯变所适,但它却又以其不变的风姿呈现在世人面前。《周易·系辞上》云:“天


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