道术三用

Three Utility Strategies of Taoism

道术,即道家学术。以老子、庄子为代表的道家学术,有体亦有用,是世界观也是方法论。其中,用无,用大,用间的思想是有代表性的方法论思想:用"无",即对"无"的运用;用"大",即对"大"的运用;用"间",即对"间"的运用。"无"、"大"、"间"是道家学派刻画宇宙性质的三个基本观念。化而之为方法论,这也是他们解决人生问题的思想方法。道家提出的这些思想,至今对人类生命实践具有指导意义。

Taoism,created by Laozi and Zhuangzi,with both its doctrines and practical sense,is either Weltanschauung or methodology.The thoughts of Taoism can generally be divided into three layers,namely,ordinary thinking,relativity, and Dao（the way）.The idea of ＂Using thing＇s idleness＂,＂Using thing＇s grandness＂,and ＂Using thing＇s inter-betweens＂ is its representative methodological thoughts,for idleness,grandness and inter-betweens of things are the basic concepts of Taoist to depict the properties of the infinite universe.Taking thoughts as methodology,Taoism provides a thought way for people to make life decisions. Thus,the thoughts of Taoism can guide human practice,and are gems of Chinese culture.