《道德经》中的“中”义发微

The Meaning of"Zhong"in Tao Te Ching

“中”是《道德经》第五章中的一个单字,历代注家对于“中”字的理解有诸多不同,主客观两方面原因都造成了这种现象的发生.从“守中”与其他段落的关系入手,文章认为“无为”“虚静”“自然”可能是“中”义的三个内涵.“中”只是老子示“拙”的手段,而获取“多”才是他想达到的目的。对比《道德经》与《中庸》中的“中”字义涵,二者在主体施行条件、难易程度、态度以及准则上都存在一定差异,而在崇德、节制等方面则表现出相似之处.

"Zhong" is a single character in the fifth chapter of Tao Te Ching. Historical commentators have different understandings of the character "zhong". Both subjective and objective factors have caused this phenomenon. Starting from the relationship between "Shouzhong" and other paragraphs, the article believes that "wuwei" "xujing" and "natural" may be the three connotations of "zhong". "Medium" is just Lao Tzu’s means of showing "clumsy", and gaining "more" is what he wants to achieve. Comparing the concept of "zhong" in Tao Te Ching and The Doctrine of the Mean, there are certain differences between the two in terms of subject implementation conditions, difficulty, attitude, and guidelines, but they show differences in respect of morality and temperance. Some similarities.