The Tao 道家

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Discovered and used almost 5,000 years ago; the "Tao te Ching" by Lao-tzu enunciated the principles of Tao.
大约在5000年以前，在老子的《道德经》里阐述了道的理论。
Selflessness is an important characteristic of a person who follows the way of the Tao.
无私奉献是道家的思想理论的一个特点。
You must learn to go with the flow.
你必须学会顺其自然。
Polarities of Yin and Yang exist everywhere in nature, Eg.
阴性和阳性在大自然中处处可见，例如：天与地；男人与女人；太阳与月亮。
There is a constant cycle of change as in the"Tai Chi II"symbol, where yang starts out as a small tail and expands to a full orb with a dot of yin; then small yin develops to full yin with a dot of yang.
周而复始的变化是太极二元特性的表现形式，阳从一个小尾巴开始扩散到整个球体，其中带有一个小阴点；然后小阴点又扩散到整个球体，其中带有一个小阳点。就这样周而复始的运动着。
In Tai Chi the empty foot is Yin and the heavy, firm foot is Yang until the weighting changes and the relationship is reversed.
打太极拳的时候，那个不用力的脚代表阴，那个支撑的脚代表阳，直到重心发生变化，阴阳倒转过来。
The real contribution of the Tao has been to the inner life of man.
道真正给予人们的是使人内心生活得到改善。
It has various schools of nonbeing, nonaction, inner and outer elixir, which point to the fact that man must understand himself before he can understand the world.
道也有很多派别，有的主张无为，有的主张修炼长生不老药，但是这些都说明了一个事实，就是人们在理解外界世界之前，一定要先了解自己。
Meditation is therefore key as one learns to focus and direct energies, which are usually squandered by the five senses.
所以，只有学会了冥想，才能汇聚能量，这是很关键的。通常要通过五种感官来学习。
The movements of the arms and legs in T'ai Chi Chuan, along with the turns and posturing of the body, help to picture the flow of chi during meditation. Also, the very structure of the hexagrams can be used to picture the human body, the two top lines being head, the middle lines being chest, and the bottom two being the lower part of the body.
随着身体的转动和运行，太极拳的运动有助于我门去想象“极”的运行。而且，卦像通常用来描绘人的身体，前2爻代表头，中间2爻代表胸，后2爻代表下肢。
The "I Ching' itself can be read as a manual describing the course of the 'chi' in meditation and as a guide to the temptations and goals of the meditator.
《易经》本身也可以做为描绘冥想中“极“的运动过程的手册来读，并且可以引导冥想者有想象的空间。

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