老子之道的意蕴

老子的道代表了人类的终极关怀。老子最突出的贡献就是使道获得了本原、本体和社会人生终极依托的内涵,在中国文化中建构了一座道的丰碑。道具有实有无形、超言绝象、混朴虚静、兼赅有无、独立永恒、自然无为的特征,是一个十分特殊的存在,而非一般的物质或精神实体。它不仅在现代物理学面前表明具有很高的科学价值,而且蕴涵着丰富的社会人生价值,对现代人克服虚无主义有重要的启示作用。

Implication of Lao Zi's Taoism

Lao Zi's Taoism represents the ultimate concern of the mankind. The most outstanding contribution Lao Zi made is that he made Taoism possess the connotation of the origin, the noumenon and the ultimate support of the social life. Therefore, Lao Zi established a monument to the Chinese culture. Being an extremely special existence rather than an ordinary material or spiritual entity, Taoism has some characteristics, such as actual but aeriform, beyond sense and language, unrefined and simple, void and tranquil, both having and not-having, independent and eternal, nature and inaction. Taoism not only has very high value for the modern physics, but also implies the abundant value of the social life, which enlightens modern people in overcoming the nihilism to a considerable degree.