Riyue Posted June 29, 2010 嗇 吝嗇, 應當用的財物捨不得用。"嗇"是老子思想中的重要概念, 它有愛惜精神, 積蓄力量意義, 與六十七章的"儉"的意義相近。 Somebody here, who can elaborate this? - suggestions for a matching translation of se 嗇 in english? usually you find the translation frugal- being sparing... i am missing the idea of sustainibility - the sinograph includes a circling, a coming back - under grain - we find this character in daodejing # 59 治人， 事天， 莫若嗇。 夫惟嗇是以早服。 早服謂之重積德。 重積德則無不克。 無不克則莫知其極。 莫知其極可以有國。 有國之母可以長久。 是謂深根固柢， 長生久視之道。 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riyue Posted June 30, 2010 Thank you. Yes- it helps - ... it seems to me that we have to use several words in english to describe thie meaning of se 嗇- as we have to understand it in the context of ddj 59... always managing our resources in a way - that we can start the next year a new sowing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baiqi Posted October 8, 2010 The Chinese text you have states that it is close to 儉, which is one of the "three treasures" of the 67 th chapter. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dawei Posted November 1, 2010 Here is an chinese Etymology site. http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterASP/CharacterEtymology.aspx?characterInput=%E5%97%87&submitButton1=Etymology Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stigweard Posted November 1, 2010 Heya WallaMike, sorry for only seeing your request now. What I do is bounce the character through several websites: YellowBridge Chinese-English Talking Dictionary Etymology nciku - Online English Chinese Dictionary, Learn Chinese Mandarin Online Learn Chinese Characters Chineselanguage.org Laozi Daodejing Siegelschrift - Sealscript 老子 道德經 篆書 - Laotse Taoteking I look for consensus between them but pay very close attention to the pictographic meanings from the Seal Script. Then I fill out my translation template: Character: Pinyin: Pictograph: Definition: I find most translators will take the root pictographic meaning and interpret it according to their view of the world. I find it useful to dig into a character myself to find my own translation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riyue Posted December 16, 2010 Laozi Daodejing Siegelschrift - Sealscript 老子 道德經 篆書 - Laotse Taoteking This site has a new URL (Debitel has closed its online-service) The URL is now: http://www.alice-dsl.net/taijiren/index.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
