Matgioi

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• LXXII - Le Sage discerne...
  27 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  Never mind if the people are not intimidated by your authority. A Mightier Authority will deal with them in the end. Do not narrow their dwelling or harass their lives; And for the very reason that you do not harass them, They will cease to turn from you. Therefore the Sage knows himself but does not show himself. Knows his own value, but does not put himself on high. Truly, he rejects that but takes this”.
  Wieger
  A. Ceux là se perdent, qui ne craignent pas, alors qu’ils devraient (...)

• XXIII - L’abnégation de ses opinions et de son action
  21 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  To be always talks is against nature.
  For the same reason a hurricane never lasts a whole morning, Nor a rainstorm all day. Who is it that makes the wind and rain? It is Heaven and Earth.
  And if even Heaven and Earth cannot blow or pour for long, How much less in his utterance should man?
  Truly, if one uses the Way as one’s instrument, The results will be like the Way; If one uses the “power” as instrument, The results will be like the “power”. If one uses what is the reverse of the (...)

• VII - Le Sage, en reculant...
  18 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Arthur Waley
  Heaven is eternal, the Earth everlasting. How come they to be so? It is because they do not foster their own lives; That is why they live so long. Therefore the Sage Puts himself in the background; but is always to the fore. Remains outside; but is always there. Is it not just because he does not strive for any personal end That all his personal ends are fulfilled?
  Léon Wieger
  A. Si le ciel et la terre durent toujours, c’est qu’ils ne vivent pas pour eux‑mêmes.
  B. (...)

• Matgioi (VM:92-95) – liberdade
  23 de novembro de 2021, por Cardoso de Castro

  MATGIOI. La Voie métaphysique. Paris: Éditions traditionnelles, 1980, p. 92-95
  original
  On se rappelle que nous l’avons démontré : la liberté des êtres n’existe pas, en tant que parcelles et que fonctions de l’évolution universelle. La liberté absolue, qui contient celle de contrarier les desseins de la volonté du ciel, est exclusive de cette volonté, et de Dieu. — Mais nous avons fait pressentir une certaine liberté de l’individu. Et voici, que la mathématique nous montre que dans le circulus vital (...)

• XXXIII - Qui se connaît soi-même est éclairé
  23 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  To understand others is to have knowledge; To understand oneself is to be illumined. To conquer others needs strength; To conquer oneself is harder still. To be content with what one has is to be rich. He that works through violence may get his way; But only what stays in its place Can endure. When one dies one is not lost, there is no other longevity.
  Wieger
  A. Connaître les autres, c’est sagesse ; mais se connaître soi même, c’est sagesse supérieure, (la nature propre étant ce qu’il (...)

• Matgioi (VM:9-17) – Fo Hi - um agregado intelectual
  23 de novembro de 2021, por Cardoso de Castro

  MATGIOI. La Voie métaphysique. Paris: Éditions traditionnelles, 1980, p. 9-17
  -*Religiões atuais dos povos amarelos se compõem de um variedade de elementos diversos, um amálgama popular originário de três fontes geradoras: religião primitiva, taoismo e confucionismo. Viajantes, missionários e estrangeiros em geral se perderam na interpretação da tradição chinesa, tomando a aparência por realidade. A Tradição Primordial não está vulgarizada. Crítica ao judaísmo. Tradições guardadas cuidadosamente atrás (...)

• XXVI - Le Sage ne sépare pas le lourd du léger
  22 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  As the heavy must be the foundation of the light, So quietness is lord and master of activity. Truly, “A man of consequence though he travels all day Will not let himself be separated from his baggage-wagon, However magnificent the view, he sits quiet and dispassionate”. How much less, then, must be the lord of ten thousand chariots Allow himself to be lighter than these he rules! If he is light, the foundation is lost; If he is active, the lord and master is lost.
  Wieger
  A. Le (...)

• LIII - La Voie vous chérit comme un fils
  26 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  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 (...)

• Matgioi (VR:151-153) – atos e sanções
  22 de novembro de 2021, por Cardoso de Castro

  MATGIOI. La Voie rationnelle. Paris: Éditions Traditionnelles, 1941
  tradução
  Já dissemos da impossibilidade metafísica, matemática e até moral, de uma sanção qualquer aplicada aos atos humanos para além da vida humana, e a uma outra entidade senão o composto humano. Portanto, se há mérito e demérito, se há responsabilidade e sanção, se, em uma palavra, a reação concordante deve se manifestar em alegria ou pena, é sobre o plano humano exclusivamente; e é assim literalmente que “cada ato porta em si sua (...)

• XXVII - L’homme bon est l’instructeur
  22 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  Perfect activity leaves no track behind it; Perfect speech is like a jade-worker whose tool leaves no mark. The perfect reckoner needs no counting-slips; The perfect door has neither bolt nor bar, Yet cannot be opened. The perfect knot needs neither rope nor twine, Yet cannot be united. Therefore the Sage Is all the time in the most perfect way helping men, He certainly does not turn his back on men; Is all the time in the most perfect way helping creatures, He certainly does not (...)

• LII - Tout sous le ciel a un commencement, la mère
  26 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  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 (...)

• XXXIX - Le principe de la simplicité
  25 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  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. 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. (...)

• XLIII - Le Non agir a de l’avantage
  25 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  What is of all things most yielding Can overwhelm that which is of all things most hard. Being substanceless it can enter even where is no space; That is how I know the value of action that is actionless. But that there can be teaching without words, Value in action that is actionless, Few indeed can understand.
  Wieger
  A. Partout et toujours, c’est le mou qui use le dur (l’eau use la pierre). Le non être pénètre même là où il n’y a pas de fissure (les corps les plus homogènes, comme le (...)

• XVIII - Quando o grande Tao decai...
  21 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Tr. de Mitchell
  Quando o grande Tao é esquecido, bondade e piedade aparecem.
  Quando a inteligência do corpo declina, esperteza e conhecimento dão um passo à frente.
  Quando não há paz na família, a piedade filial começa.
  Quando o país cai em caos, patriotismo nasce.
  Waley
  It was when the Great Way declined That human kindness and morality arose;
  It was when intelligence and knowledge appeared That the Great Artifice began.
  It was when the six near ones were no longer at peace That there was (...)

• III - Agir — Não-Agir
  15 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Se superestimas os grandes homens, as pessoas se tornam impotentes. Se supervalorizas as posses, as pessoas começam a roubar. O Sábio lidera esvaziando a mente das pessoas e satisfazendo sua essência, enfraquecendo sua ambição e fortalecendo sua determinação. Ele ajuda as pessoas a perder tudo o que sabem, tudo que desejam, e cria confusão naqueles que pensam que sabem. Pratique não fazer, e tudo vai para seu devido lugar.
  [Tradução da versão inglesa de Stephen Mitchell, eventualmente recorrendo a (...)

• LVII - C’est le non-agir qui gagne et conserve
  26 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  “Kingdoms can only be governed if rules are kept; Battles can only be won if rules are broken.” But the adherence of all under heaven can only be won by letting-alone. How do I know that it is so? By this. The more prohibitions there are, the more ritual avoidances, The poorer the people will be. The more “sharp weapons” there are, The more benighted will the whole land grow. The more cunning craftsmen there are, The more pernicious contrivances will be invented. The more laws are (...)

• LXVI - Le Sage ne s’oppose à personne
  27 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  How did the great rivers and seas get their kingship Over the hundred lesser streams? Through the merit of being lower than they; That was how they got their kingship. Therefore the Sage In order to be above the people Must speak as though he were lower than the people. In order to guide them He must put himself behind them. Only thus can the Sage be on top and the people not be crushed by his weight. Only thus can he guide, and the people not be led into harm Indeed in this way (...)

• LV - Ce qui est contre la Voie périt
  26 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  The impunity of things fraught with the “power” May be likened to that of an infant. Poisonous insects do not sting it, Nor fierce beasts seize it, Nor clawing birds maul it, Its bones are soft, its sinews weak; but its grip is strong. Not yet to have known the union of male and female, But to be completely formed, Means that the vital force is at its height; To be able to scream all day without getting hoarse Means that the harmony is at its perfection. To understand such harmony is (...)

• XXIX - Cada um quer governar todos os homens...
  22 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Queres melhorar o mundo? Não acho que isso possa ser feito. O mundo é sagrado. Não pode ser melhorado. Se mexes com ele, o arruínas. Se o tratas como um objeto, o perdes. Há um tempo para estar adiante, um tempo para estar atrás; um tempo para estar em movimento, um tempo para estar em repouso; um tempo para estar vigoroso, um tempo para estar exausto; um tempo para estar seguro, um tempo para estar em perigo. O sábio vê as coisas como elas são, sem tentar controlá-las. Deixa-as seguir seus próprios (...)

• LXVII - La charité, la simplicité, l’humilité
  27 de fevereiro de 2018, por Cardoso de Castro

  Waley
  Every one under heaven says that our Way is greatly like folly. But it is just because it is great, that it seems like folly. As for things that do not seem like folly — well, There can be no question about their smallness! Here are my three treasures. Guard and keep them! The first is pity; The second, frugality; The third, refusal to be “foremost of all things under heaven.” For only he that pities is truly able to be brave; Only he that is frugal is able to be profuse. Only he that (...)