老子之道新探

A New Probe into Lao Zis Tao

老子是人类轴心期的重要思想家，他在中国哲学史上最突出的贡献是使道获得了本原、本体的内涵。该道具有实有而无形、超越感官和语言、浑朴虚静、兼赅有无、 独立永恒、自然无为的特征，是一个十分特殊的存在，而非一般的物质或精神实体。他关于道的思想蕴藏着丰富的科学、社会人生价值。

Lao Zi was an important thinker during the human Axis Period.The most outstanding contribution made by him to Chinese history of philosophy is that he made the Tao acquire the intention of arche and noumena.The Tao,which is a extremely special being but not the ordinary material or the spiritual substance,possesses the characteristics:substantial and formless,beyond sense organs and language,simple and unrefined,void and tranquil,both being and Not being,independent and eternal,natural and actionless.His ideas on the Tao hold in store rich values of science,society and life.