談論道家的政治思想,須追溯到老子以『無為而治』的中心主軸,但其發展走向卻有「稷下道家」而來的「黃老道家」為另一支系;也就是說,在莊子繼承老子『清靜無為』這一思想內涵而為眾所矚目的道家人物外,在戰國中晚期尚有一群託付黃帝、老子的思想家,且是有別於莊子的發展方向而為道家的另一系。故而當今在討論道家政治思想時,有專指老、莊一系的,也有以黃老道家為主軸的,本文即以此二系之不同,卻又相互涵融的思路進行討論。 Discussing the political thought of Taoism, I will return it to the basic
principal of Laozi’s wu-wei---the ruler should likewise be ruling without
governance; that is, it is only by being without governance that people