DDJ 60. 鬼神不伤

第六十章
[原文]

治大国，若烹小鲜①，以道莅②天下，其鬼不神③。非④其鬼不神，其神不伤人。非其神不伤人，圣人亦不伤人。夫两不相伤⑤，故德交归焉⑥。

[译文]

治理大国，好像煎烹小鱼。用“道”治理天下，鬼神起不了作用，不仅鬼不起作用，而是鬼怪的作用伤不了人。不但鬼的作用伤害不了人，圣人有道也不会伤害人。这样，鬼神和有道的圣人都不伤害人，所以，就可以让人民享受到德的恩泽。

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治大国，若烹小鲜.   老子做大厨，产品不会色香味具全，要求只是不烧焦而已。 以道莅天下，其鬼不神。 鬼神失去对人的威胁，失去蛊惑人心的资本， 才能“两不相伤”。

古时候民智不普及，鬼神容易取信，便于操作； 名为劝善， 实为威胁利诱，欺世盗名。 早期道家儒家墨家对鬼神都有比较疏离的态度，”敬鬼神而远之“，”两不相伤“，表现在西门豹“祭“河神比较经典。

两千年前晋朝灭亡，和一千年前宋朝灭亡，都带来道家道教的绝种威胁。 面对信徒大规模死亡，民智退化，“文化病毒”借外族军事力量大举入侵，道教不得不做出生死抉择，融合仙鬼巫圣，怪力乱神。

世界上的竞争不一定都是公平的竞争。 有一种竞争，没有底线，没有良知，比残忍比伪善比欺诈比无耻比贪婪，道教跟他耗一千年，还是会输。不如回归本心，恢复赤诚本色。

愧者，心鬼也。无愧于心。

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊   Constitution ************

Article IV. Section 2

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.

A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.

No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.

“No Person held to Service or Labour” was an euphemism for "Slavery" - The last clause was repealed, but not without nearly 100 years and a Civil War.   What requires an euphemism, is probably a moral wrong.

无愧于心，鬼神不相伤。”道“需要付出代价，自古皆然。