第50章 · 原文
现代白话译文
人出世为生，入地为死。属于长寿的，占十分之三；属于短命的，占十分之三；本来可以活得长久，却自己走向死路的，也占十分之三。为什么呢？因为他追求生活享受太丰厚了。听说善于养护生命的人，在陆地上行走不会遇到犀牛和老虎，在战争中不会受到武器的伤害；犀牛无处投它的角，老虎无处用它的爪，武器无处用它的锋刃。为什么呢？因为他没有进入死地。
英文译本 / English Translations
D.C. Lau
When going one way means life and going the other means death, three in ten will be comrades in life, three in ten will be comrades in death, and there are those who value life and as a result move into the realm of death, and these also number three in ten. Why is this so? Because they set too much store by life. I have heard it said that one who excels in safeguarding his own life does not meet with rhinoceros or tiger when travelling on land nor is he touched by weapons when charging into an army. There is nowhere for the rhinoceros to pitch its horn; There is nowhere for the tiger to place its claws; There is nowhere for the weapon to lodge its blade. Why is this so? Because for him there is no realm of death.
Robert Henricks
1. We come out into life and go back into death. 2. The companions of life are thirteen; 3. The companions of death are thirteen; 4. And yet people, because they regard life as LIFE, in all of their actions move towards the thirteen that belong to the realm of death. 5. Now, why is this so? 6. It's because they regard life as LIFE. 7. You've no doubt heard of those who are good at holding on to life: 8. When walking through hills, they don't avoid rhinos and tigers; 9. When they go into battle, they don't put on armor or shields; 10. The rhino has no place to probe with its horn; 11. The tiger finds no place to put its claws. 12. And weapons find no place to hold their blades. 13. Now, why is this so? 14. Because there is no place for death in them.
Addiss & Lombardo
Coming out is life, going in is death. Three tenths follow life, three tenths follow death. People who move from life to death, why is it so? It is because they pursue life too intensely. I hear those who are good at preserving life: When traveling they do not encounter rhinoceros or tigers. When entering the army, they are not wounded by weapons. The rhinoceros has nowhere to thrust its horn. The tiger has nowhere to use its claws. Weapons have nowhere to place their blades. Why is it so? Because there is no death in them.
Arthur Waley
He who aims at life achieves death. If the "companions of life" are thirteen, So likewise are the "companions of death" thirteen. How is it that the "death-stops" in man's life And activity are also thirteen? It is because men feed life too grossly. It is said that he who has a true hold on life, When he walks on land does not meet tigers or wild buffaloes; In battle he is not touched by weapons of war. Indeed, A buffalo that attacked him would find nothing for its horns to butt, A tiger would find nothing for its claws to tear, A weapon would find no place for its point to enter in. And why? Because such men have no "death-spot" in them.
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Stephen Mitchell
The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.