在Youtube上看到一個視頻，日本一個48歲主婦，習練少林四段功三年，徒手劈開若幹瓦片。

看她身體的放鬆度以及勃發的寸勁，已經有一些成就了。

現代的資訊發達，比之古代我們更有機會接觸到真實的修煉方法，所需者無非是持之以恒。

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第五十二章

That which was the beginning of all things under heaven
We may speak of as the “mother” of all things.
He who apprehends the mother
Thereby knows the sons.
And he who has known the sons,
Will hold all the tighter to the mother,
And to the end of his days suffer no harm;
“Block the passages, shut the doors,
And till the end your strength shall not fail.
Open up the passages, increase your doings,
And till your last day no help shall come to you.”
As good sight means seeing what is very small
So strength means holding on to what is weak.
He who having used the outer-light can return to the innerlight
Is thereby preserved from all harm.
This is called resorting to the always-so.

apprehend：understand or perceive.感知以之譯得

passages：a narrow way, typically having walls on either side, allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway.通道，以之譯兌

He who having used the outer-light can return to the innerlight ：外光返內光，以之譯用其光，複歸其明。這個譯法有冥想經驗。

preserve：maintain (something) in its original or existing state.保留。以之譯遺

resort：turn to and adopt (a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation. 采取，以之譯習

always-so：常

第五十三章

He who has the least scrap of sense, once he has got started on the great highway has nothing to fear so long as he avoids turnings.
For great highways are safe and easy.
But men love by-paths.
So long as Court is in order
They are content to let their fields run to weed
And their granaries stand empty.
They wear patterns and embroideries,
Carry sharp swords, glut themselves with drink and food, have more possessions than they can use.
These are the riotous ways of brigandage; they are not the Highway.

scrap：a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.碎片 has the least scrap of sense：以之譯介然有知

granary：a storehouse for threshed grain.糧倉

embroidery：the art or pastime of embroidering cloth.刺繡

glut：supply or fill to excess.過多供應。以之譯厭

riotous：marked by or involving public disorder.暴動的

brigandage：搶劫

第五十四章

What Tao plants cannot be plucked,
What Tao clasps, cannot slip.
By its virtue alone can one generation after another carry on the ancestral sacrifice.
Apply it to yourself and by its power you will be freed from dross.
Apply it to your household and your household shall thereby have abundance.
Apply it to the village, and the village will be made secure.
Apply it to the kingdom, and the kingdom shall thereby be made to flourish.
Apply it to an empire, and the empire shall thereby be extended.
Therefore just as through oneself one may contemplate Oneself,
So through the household one may contemplate the Household,
And through the village, one may contemplate the Village,
And through the kingdom, one may contemplate the Kingdom,
And through the empire, one may contemplate the Empire.
How do I know that the empire is so?
By this.

pluck:take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place; pick.拔

clasp：grasp (something) tightly with one’s hand.抱

slip:(of a person or animal) slide unintentionally for a short distance, typically losing one’s balance or footing. 滑，以之譯脫

ancestral sacrifice：祭祀

dross：something regarded as worthless; rubbish.渣滓

you will be freed from dross以之譯其德乃真

abundance：餘

be made secure：保持安全，以之譯其德乃長

be made to flourish：蓬勃發展，以之譯其德乃豐

be extended：延展。以之譯普

contemplate：look thoughtfully for a long time at.沉思，注視。以之譯觀

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