今早看到一篇微信帖子，才知道人類鑽地的記錄是12262米，是冷戰期間因美蘇軍備競賽其中的一部分鑽地競賽而由蘇聯創造。

地勢坤，厚德載物，因為地之心熱。

人發殺機，天地反覆，因為人的欲望能熱過地底12262米的地火岩漿。

熱字去掉四點水，就是執。 人的欲望若熱得水都沒有了，心就會冷。

故此陰符經開示沉水入火，自取滅亡，自然之道靜，故天地萬物生，天地之道浸，故陰陽勝，陰陽相推，而變化順矣

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第三十七章

Tao never does;
Yet through it all things are done.
If the barons and kings would but possess themselves of it,
The ten thousand creatures would at once be transformed.
And if having been transformed they should desire to act,
We must restrain them by the blankness of the Unnamed.
The blankness of the Unnamed
Brings dispassion;
To be dispassionate is to be still.
And so, of itself, the whole empire will be at rest.

restrain：prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.鎮

dispassion：冷靜，以之譯無欲

dispassionate：not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial. 靜而後能安，安而後能慮

第三十八章

The man of highest “power” does not reveal himself as a possessor of “power”;
Therefore he keeps his “power”.
The man of inferior “power” cannot rid it of the appearance of “power”;
Therefore he is in truth without “power”.
The man of highest “power” neither acts nor is there any who so regards him;
The man of inferior “power” both acts and is so regarded.
The man of highest humanity, though he acts, is not regarded;
Whereas a man of even the highest morality both acts and is so regarded;
While even he who is best versed in ritual not merely acts, but if people fail to respond
Then he will pull up his sleeves and advance upon them.
That is why it is said:
“After Tao was lost, then came the ‘power’;
After the ‘power’ was lost, then came human kindness.”
After human kindness was lost, then came morality,
After morality was lost, then came ritual.

inferior：lower in rank, status, or quality.以之譯下德之下

我挺想看威利如何翻譯仁義禮 highest humanity：最高之人性，仁 even the highest morality：近乎最高之道德，義
best versed in ritual：精通儀式，禮

Now ritual is the mere husk of loyalty and promise-keeping
And is indeed the first step towards brawling.”
Foreknowledge may be the “flower of doctrine”,
But it is the beginning of folly.
Therefore the full-grown man takes his stand upon the solid
substance and not upon the mere husk,
Upon the fruit and not upon the flower.
Truly, “he reject that and takes this”.

husk 外殼

brawling：fight or quarrel in a rough or noisy way.爭端

Foreknowledge：預知。以之譯前識

doctrine：a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group.教義。flower of doctrine 以之譯道之華

folly：lack of good sense; foolishness.

full-grown man：大丈夫

第三十九章

As for the things that from of old have understood the Whole —
The sky through such understanding remains limpid,
Earth remains steady,
The spirits keep their holiness,
The abyss is replenished,
The ten thousand creatures bear their kind,
Barons and princes direct their people.
It is the Whole that causes it.

limpid：(of a liquid) free of anything that darkens; completely clear.清

steady：firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving. 穩定，以之譯寧

holiness：聖潔，以之譯靈

abyss：a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm.深淵，以之譯穀

replenished：fill (something) up again.填補，以之譯盈

Were it not so limpid, the sky would soon get torn,
Were is not for steadiness, the earth would soon tip over,
Were it not for their holiness, the spirit would soon wither away.
Were it not for this replenishment, the abyss would soon go dry,
Were it not that ten thousand creatures can bear their kind,
They would soon become extinct.
Were the barons and princes no longer directors of their people and for that reason honoured and exalted, they would soon be overthrown.

get torn：撕裂

tip over：翻倒，以之譯廢

wither：(of a plant) become dry and shriveled. 枯萎。wither away消亡，以之譯歇

extinct：(of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.絕種，以之譯滅

be overthrown：推翻。以之譯蹶

Truly “ the humble is the stem upon which the mighty grows, the low is the foundation upon which the high is laid.”
That is why barons and princes refer to themselves as “The Orphan”, “The Needy”, “The Ill-provided.
Is this not indeed a case of might rooting itself upon humility?
True indeed are the sayings:
“Enumerate the parts of a carriage, and you still have not explained what a carriage is,” and They did not want themselves to tinkle like jade-bells, while others resounded like stone chimes”.

humble謙卑，以之譯賤
mighty強大，以之譯貴
Enumerate the parts of a carriage, and you still have not explained what a carriage is 似乎威利的原文版本不是至譽無譽，而是故致數輿無輿

tinkle like jade-bells：琭琭如玉

resounded like stone chimes：珞珞如石

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