《菜根谭》英译（有动有寂、动寂相宜）

好动者云电风灯，嗜寂者死灰槁木；须定云止水中，有“鸢飞鱼跃”气象，才是有道的心体。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

A man fond of movement is like lightning flashing through the clouds, ephemeral. He flickers like a candle flame in the wind. On the other hand, a man devoted to quietude is like dead ashes or a blighted tree stump, bereft of all vitality. The essence of the Way is found in movement within stillness and stillness within movement. Movement and rest must complement each other, like hawks flitting through stationary clouds or fish leaping in the still waters of a pond.

（保罗·怀特 译）

A man fond of movement is like lightning fleeting through the clouds and an oil lamplight flickering in the wind, while a man fond of quietude is like dead ashes of fire and a withered tree bereft of vitality. It is only by acting like an eagle flying through the stationary clouds or fish leaping in the still water that one can come up to the comprehension: movement harbors in stillness and stillness in movement.

（周文标 译）