DDJ 16. Two Observations and Two Masters

第十六章 [原文]  致虚极，守静笃①；万物并作②，吾以观复③。夫物芸芸④，各复归其根。归根⑤曰静，静曰⑥复命⑦。复命曰常⑧，知常曰明⑨。不知常，妄作凶。知常容⑩，容乃公，公乃全⑾，全乃天⑿，天乃道，道乃久，没身不殆。

[译文]尽力使心灵的虚寂达到极点，使生活清静坚守不变。万物都一齐蓬勃生长，我从而考察其往复的道理。那万物纷纷芸芸，各自返回它的本根。返回到它的本根就叫做清静，清静就叫做复归于生命。复归于生命就叫自然，认识了自然规律就叫做聪明，不认识自然规律的轻妄举止，往往会出乱子和灾凶。认识自然规律的人是无所不包的，无所不包就会坦然公正，公正就能周全，周全才能符合自然的“道”，符合自然的道才能长久，终身不会遭到危险。

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"故恒无欲也⑦，以观其眇⑧；恒有欲也，以观其所徼"  第一章有两“观”。  这一章，又来"万物并作②，吾以观复"。  道家为了“观察”signal，自然要去掉不相关的noise, 包括人为的“矫饰”影响。  所以老子是libertarian的始祖，laissez-faire economics and politics 最早在齐国，汉初就得到了全面发挥。老子传道德经于关尹喜，关尹喜据说也是画风迥变，以前是一丝不苟，兢兢业业的守关吏；以后，周失能吏， 道得真人。

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The U.S. Constitution Article I Legislative, Section 6：

1: The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States.6 They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

2: No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

Christian Bible has this passage "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."   Emolument means "profit".   立法部门offers compensation and protection from arrests while they serve in the Congress. 禁止兼职.