蔡志忠漫画--菜根谭(英文版)

中国早期思想家的著作影响了中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治和战争到日常礼节。广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠先生一直致力于用他独特而富有吸引力的画风将这些古代经典著作的智慧带入生活。这一中国传统思想系列漫画映射出历史上伟大思想家们的光辉；包括： ●孔子说 ●孟子说 ●菜根谭 ●六朝怪谈 ●老子说I ●论语 ●列子说 ●世说新语 ●老子说II ●韩非子说 ●聊斋志异 ●六祖坛经 ●孙子说 ●庄子说I ●史记 ●禅说 ●庄子说II ●大学？中庸 蔡志忠先生最早是因为他获奖的多部动画电影和每日连载漫画引起大众的关注的。在长期的自学之后，蔡志忠先生将创作方向转移到经典著作上。 作品广受评论家的好评并快速成为畅销书。蔡先生的书已被美国知名出版社如，Princeton University Press和Knop出版。Brian Bruya是此系列书美国版的译者，拥有夏威夷大学比较哲学的博士学位。他是中国早期哲学研究领域的专家和翻译，同时还是一个关子中国哲学研究的网站“书海文苑”的总编辑。

The Roots of Wisdom Part the First Know the flavor within the plain See the wonder within the common Urgency in leisure Leisure in toil In plainness is ambition realized In richness is integrity compromised Opened wide before you Enduring kindness after On a path, yield a step In tasting, share a bite Chivalry. in making friends Purity in living life To retreat is to advance To give is to receive Arrogance negates achievement Repentance annuls misdeeds Movement and stillness in harmony are the Dao's genuine body Those of coaches and crowns wish for woods and springs. Those of hills and woods yearn for halls and temples Do not let industry become drudgery Do not treat others with indifference Know to retreat a step Try to yield a bit Do not despise the underling Treat the gentleman with propriety Transcending heaven and earth Entering among fame and fortune Cultivating virtue takes forgetting fame Acquiring knowledge requires a mind of depth The ways of truth and deceit reside in a single thought Forget achievement but not transgressions Forget blame hut not kindness An evil person's learning Serves to abet evil Long for sageliness in learning, practice what you preach. Care for the people when in office, cultivate virtue in your career. The delight of joy is often found in the midst of hardship. The pang of disappointment comes in times of fulfillment Modesty brings benefit Complacency. courts danger Do not envy eminence Do not dread hunger A hidden evil is a cardinal evil A flaunted good is a minor good A country, prospers through worry and toil The self is lost through idle leisure A single thought of selfish greed A thousand pains without return If the master of the mind is on alert The bandits six shall show no trace Pushing the present enterprise Planning for future success Not caught up in material things Not keeping the sounds and shadows Tranquillity amid tumult is genuine tranquilhty Pleasure amid hardship is genuine pleasure Strive to cultivate achievement and virtue Do not covet power and status A perfect essay takes no nnnsual skill A perfect character is simply natural Life does not endure So do not live in vain When grasping hold of plenty A gentleman treads lightly Turn your eyes to the big view Turn your hands to the details Love too heavy turns to hate A meager jot can turn to joy Do not open up to the devious Do not say much to the arrogant Forbear much Reveal little People are microcosms of the universe The universe is the parent of people Family ethics are innate Without the need for pride or thanks Gone with the praise of beauty Goes insult of the unsightly Virtue should guide talent without talent shirking virtue Do not pursue a desperate enemy Careful the object you throw at a mouse To flock to power and influence is common to human nature Observe with a cool eye Do not rashly vent your spleen When the human heart is unresolved The moral mind is indistinct It is the wonder of natural transformations That cannot be matched by human ingenuity When the clouds are gone, the moon appears When the dust is cleared,the mirror shines Bravely retreat in rapid currents Struggle not against the world Better to have plain simplicity than elaborate embellishment Better to recount the ancients than discuss the moderns Cultivating virtue within yourself is the foundation of successfid endeavor with a good heart, children and grandchildren prosper with strong roots, leaves and branches flourish Do not be quick to belittle yourself Do not boast or act arrogantly The Dao is a public thing Learning is a home-cooked meal Be severe with yourself and lenient toward others People's feelings are warm and cold The world's attitude is hot and cool A mind of compassion A motive for life In office, fairness and integrity At home, tolerance and thrift In prosperity, understand poverty In stability, think about peril Do not antagonize the petty one Do not flatter the gentleman The vicissitudes of life are not worth dwelling on Parties and pleasure, music and lust, reputation and status Several things to be approached with temperance Observe others coolly Conduct affairs intelligently A frenzied nature injures the world Peace and harmony invite blessings Do not immediately accept rumored evil Do not immediately approach rumored good Severity drives away good people Carelessness invites wicked friends Do not make blithe promises or lose your temper Do not meddle in others' affairs or fail to finish Closely guard the mouth Staunchly check ambition Neither troubled in hardship Nor fearful of authority The Roots of Wisdom Part the Second Talkers rarely pay attention to actions Debaters don't necessarily understand Doing nothing with nothing to do Carefree playing in purest leisure The confines of the world are created by us Taking joy in nature's delights Stunning views are never far The mind quiet, original substance appears The water clear, the moon's reflection shines Better to see the interior than know the exterior The spirit employed always beats the form employed The heart free of desire quiets heaven and earth A home with books and music becomes a magic kingdom The wonder of knowing the mysteries The wisdom of seeing delight The myriad appearances are empty illusions The enlightened person must have comprehension In the bubble that is life Why fight over fame and fortune Narrow or broad, short or long ,they're all from the thoughts of the mind I make friends with the leisurely clouds and take the scenery as my home Recluses have no honor or disgrace Morality knows neither hot nor cold The reclusive one is intelligent Reducing tasks brings peace To transcend splendor and solitude To be at comfort anywhere Enlightened ones have no attachments Quiet and calm make no difference Understanding is found in simplicity. Enlightenment isn't far away Movement and stillness come with ease Leaving and entering without obstruction Holding on means a sea of suffering Letting go means a land of paradise Sleeping and playing in nature Escaping the dusty world A world among clouds A universe in tranquilhty No hope for splendor No fear of power An inspirational environment Attuning the mind, cultivating the spirit Better the brisk air of autumn than the vibrancy of spring Achieve the true sentiments of a poet Realize the mysterious truths of Zen An image is born, issued from the mind An image is gone, following the mind Coming and going at will Dissolved in confident ease An acquisitive mind breeds deviant thoughts A vacuous mind breeds decent thoughts The wealthy have many worries The noble have many dangers Live life hke flowing water, drooping flowers The body and mind must always be at ease Living in the world, forget the world Transcending things, enjoy nature Life itself does not endure How can prosperity he counted on Scorn or favor brings no surprise Going or staying makes no difference The sea of suffering is vast and far Turn your head to the other shore Seeking the Buddha on the inside Spurning the dharmas on the outside In the charm of the wilds and places replete Poetical springs well up from inside Live in the world, transcend the world The True Emptiness is not empty Praise and slander, libel and fame Resigned to all the world can give He who knows his original nature has no patience for talk of Zen The genuine leaves not the illusory The refined leaves not the mundane A blanket of straw and vegetables plain nourish a natural harmony To cut off all your worries A sunny breeze, an after-rain moon Minding the body and mind Freedom in indulgence and restraint Nature and the mind Harmonize as one Winner and loser, beautiful and ugly are just momentary illusions Good and had fortune, suffering and joy There is only the difference of a single thought With quiet patience and constant discipline A foot of iron is ground into a pin After a rain, the mountains seem fresh In the night, a bell rings clear Snowstorm studying purifies the spirit Hilhop vistas expand the mind A thousand gallons, a single hair Each exists witbin the mind Understand the self based on the self Allow for things to take care of themselves Do not over work yourself Enjoy the beauty of nature A passing wind, the moon's reflection Leave and then are gone On reaching fullness, the moon wanes One who reaches fulfillment abstains Grasp the essentials and move gout freely Transcend sensual desires Achieve life' s delights