老子正反关系四态

Four Forms of Obverse and Reverse in Lao Tzu

在老子看来,一切事物及事物的正反两面都处于两两对立的关系之中。他这种独特的蕴含丰富哲理的思维方式,可称为正反思维方式。在老子那里,事物及事物正反两面的总体关系是相反对立的,具体则表现为正反相生、相渗、相化及相若四种关系形态。他的这种思想对中国后来辩证法理论的发展产生了深远的影响。

Lao Tzu believed that all things and their obverse and reverse were in opposition.This unique mode of thinking may be called the obverse-reverse mode full of philosophical implications.Lao tzu believed that the opposition of all things and their obverse and reverse can be classified into four forms： mutual survival,mutual penetration,mutual transformation and mutual resemblance.This thought of Lao Tzu exerts profound impacts on later development of dialectics in China.