“不言之教”与圣人之治

“Enlightenment without Speech” and the Sage's Governance

"圣人"是《道德经》中的一个重要概念。在《道德经》中,"教"的发起者是圣人,受"教"的对象是民,圣人之"教"的实质是一种"教化"的政治统治方式,是圣人治民的一种手段。言语在"教"的环节中扮演了极为重要的角色,圣人以不言为言是道家基于对语言的特殊性理解和把握的基础上所提供的特殊的言说方式,"不言之教"的最终目是为了保证"道"在现世的实现。圣人以"不言之教"作为统治的方式与手段,为"失道"的现实格局提供良方,使民在"自然"的过程中激发起其身上本身所具有的"道"的特性,从而恢复大道通行的社会状况。

The sage is an important concept in the Dao De Jing （the Scripture of Ethics ） .enlightenment of the sage is a political rule of ＂education＂ which is a control means because that the object of ＂enlightenment＂ is the people. Based on the special understanding and grasp of the language, the sage＇s enlightenment without speech which plays an important role in the process of enlightenment was proved an unique management.On one hand, the ultimate goal of the sage＇ s enlightenment without speech is to ensure that the ＂Tao＂ in this implementation, on the other hand, as a management the sage＇s enlightenment without speech provided a recipe for chaos reality to stimulate the people＇s natural characteristic in the right sense and restore the harmonious society.