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Ancient and Modern Agriculture
2013
(2)
47-53
《老子》“却走马以粪”本义试探
作 者:
吕全义
单 位:
北京大学历史系
关键词:
却;粪;走马
摘 要:
研究《老子》的多数学者将"却走马以粪"与农事相关联。其实,"却走马以粪"当解为"让奔驰的马停下来排泄粪便",和农事无关。老子通过"却走马以粪"表达一个思想:在役使马的时候,要照顾马的生理习性。
译 名:
Initial Discussion on the Original Meaning of “ War?horses? are?used?in?farming ” in Lao Zi
作 者:
Lv Quanyi(Department of History,Peking University,Beijing 100871)
关键词:
Que(却),Zou Ma(走马),Fen(粪)
摘 要:
Most scholars majoring in Lao Zi relate "War-horses-are-used-in-farming" with farming activities.However,the original meaning of "War-horses-are-used-in-farming" is to let the running horse stop to dung,which has nothing to do with farming.Through this sentence,Lao Zi wants to express an idea that people should take care of horse's physical habits when making horses work.