And naturally, says Professor Chen, he would not have wanted his readers to become proud of themselves just because they had read Laozi, nor would he want them to feel that they had raised themselves a notch above the madding crowds.
至於老先生如果發現自己的《道德經》被翻譯成八十幾國文字，紐約時報曾標舉他為世界文學之首，對這許多外界的推崇，他會說什麼呢？