“道”:在“无”的向度上

“Tao”: In the Dimension of “Nonbeing”

对老子哲学的研究要“言有宗,事有君”;以现代思维方式观照老子哲学存在着错位;老子哲学之道有两个面向,不仅有“有”的向度,更有“无”的向度,而“无”是“道”更重要的面向。在与世界哲学的基本概念如存在、逻各斯、大梵、至上神等观念并行的语境中,“无”是中国式的,是老子的贡献;“无”是绝对的。共时地讲,它在世界的背面,历时地讲,它在万物之初。“无”在人的内在中显露,是“内在超越”的方式,是内在的精神境界;原初的“无”只是看或被看;“看”,是一种逻辑,是中国原初的智慧之道。

The study of Lao-tzu’s philosophy needs “words have source and things have host”. There is misplacement in Lao-tzu’s philosophy in the modern way of thinking.The Tao of Lao-tzu’s philosophy has two aspects, not only the dimension of “Being”, but also the dimension of “Nonbeing”. And “Nonbeing” is the more important aspect of “Tao”. In the context of the basic concepts of world philosophy, such as existence, logos, Brahman and Supreme God, “Nonbeing” is chinoiserie and Lao Tzu’s contribution. “Nonbeing” is absolute. Synchronically speaking, it is on the back of the world;diachronically speaking, it is in the beginning of all things. “Nonbeing” is revealed in man’s inner being, which is “the way of inner transcendence” and the inner spiritual realm. Original “Nonbeing” is only to observe or to be observed. “Observation”, it is a kind of logic and the original wisdom of China.