能为 · 涤除玄览
Néng Wéi
Classical Chinese Text
载营魄抱一，能无离乎？专气致柔，能如婴儿乎？涤除玄鉴，能无疵乎？爱民治国，能无为乎？天门开阖，能为雌乎？明白四达，能无知乎？ 生之畜之，生而不有，为而不恃，长而不宰，是谓玄德①。
Translation & Meaning
统摄形神魂魄合抱于一，能做到永不散离吗？凝聚生命气息臻于柔和，能像初生婴儿那样纯粹吗？洗净心灵深处的明镜，能不留一丝尘疵妄念吗？ 爱护百姓、治理邦国，能遵循顺应自然的无为之道吗？感官与天机开合变动之际，能安守宁静柔顺吗？智慧通透明达四方，能不逞露巧智吗？ 生长万物、涵养万物，化生而不占有，施为而不自恃，引领而不主宰操控，这就叫做深远博大的“玄德”。
Linguistic & Character Analysis
- 载 (zǎi): classical character (zǎi)
- 营 (yíng): classical character (yíng)
- 魄 (pò): classical character (pò)
- 抱 (bào): classical character (bào)
- 一 (yī): classical character (yī)
- 能 (néng): fruitful / capacity / ability
- 无 (wú): formless void / non-being / without
- 离 (lí): classical character (lí)
- 乎 (hū): classical character (hū)
- 专 (zhuān): classical character (zhuān)
- 气 (qì): classical character (qì)
- 致 (zhì): classical character (zhì)
- 柔 (róu): classical character (róu)
- 如 (rú): classical character (rú)
- 婴 (yīng): classical character (yīng)
- 儿 (ér): classical character (ér)
- 涤 (dí): classical character (dí)
- 除 (chú): classical character (chú)
- 玄 (xuán): mystery / fathomless depth
- 鉴 (jiàn): classical character (jiàn)
- 疵 (cī): classical character (cī)
- 爱 (ài): classical character (ài)
- 民 (mín): classical character (mín)
- 治 (zhì): govern / bring order / rule
- 国 (guó): classical character (guó)
- 为 (wèi): act / deem / become
- 天 (tiān): heaven / nature / cosmos
- 门 (mén): gateway / portal of reality
- 开 (kāi): classical character (kāi)
- 阖 (hé): classical character (hé)
- 雌 (cí): classical character (cí)
- 明 (míng): classical character (míng)
- 白 (bái): classical character (bái)
- 四 (sì): classical character (sì)
- 达 (dá): classical character (dá)
- 知 (zhī): know / distinguish / recognize
- 生 (shēng): give birth to / arise
- 之 (zhī): particle: of / possessive / it
- 畜 (chù): classical character (chù)
- 而 (ér): yet / and / but
- 不 (bù): not / un- / without
- 有 (yǒu): manifest being / cosmos / to possess
- 恃 (shì): classical character (shì)
- 长 (cháng): long / enduring / grow
- 宰 (zǎi): classical character (zǎi)
- 是 (shì): this / therefore
- 谓 (wèi): called / named / designated
- 德 (dé): Intrinsic Virtue / inner power
Commentary
青禾散人评注：老子连发六问，由内丹性命修持（抱一、致柔、玄鉴）直贯外王应世之道（无为、守雌、玄德）。心镜无尘，方能照见天地本来面目。