第五十九章  明德養生

治人事天，莫若嗇。 夫為嗇，是謂早服。早服謂之重積德。重積德則無不克。無不克則莫知其極。莫知其極，可以有國；有國之母，可以長久；是謂深根固柢，長生久視之道。

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修身養德以合天道，最好的方法就是愛惜生命能量。愛惜精力，才能做到早做準備。早做準備就是不斷地去積累先天的宇宙之德。重視天德的積累就無所不能，無所不能便長久不絕。精力之綿綿不絕就可以發揮無盡的功效，達到身體的陰陽平衡；軀體有天德為根基，就可以健康長久。

這就叫將個體深植于道德之根本，這才是養生長久之法。

TheWay of Cultivating Life Enengy

In leading people and following the principles of TAO, there is nothing better than sparing moderation.

Since,indeed, moderation meanspreparing ahead.

Preparing ahead mean preservingthe life energy.

When life energy is preserved,

Nothing is impossible.

When nothing is impossible,

there is no limits.

When there is no limits,

One can come to the harmony ofyin and yang.

With the life energy in balance,

the body comes to blossom inbalance.

This is the way to be deep-rooted and firm-planted in the Tao, The secretof long life and lasting vision.

This means to have deep roots andfirm foundation of life,

this is the road to durablility and longevity based on the model of the Tao.