拉尔夫·艾立森的“无为”之道

中国道家的“无为”思想作为朴素的辩证法，告诫人们凡事不能苛求，而应顺其自然，审时度势，是成功之道的奥妙所在，成为人们潜意识中的行动指南。美国黑人作家拉尔夫·艾立森的成功人生轨迹经历了弃“乐”从“文”的伟大转折，他在种族问题上豁达开朗，治学态度严谨，仅凭一部小说《看不见的人》蜚声世界文坛的事实似乎十分巧合地印证了中国道家哲学中“道常无为而无不为”的思想。

Ralph Ellison's non-action philosophy

As a simple dialectics,the non-action idea of Chinese Taoist warned people not to be stubborn in pursuit but to act on the circumstances,which is the key to success and has become life's guide in people's sub-consciousness.Ralph Ellison,an American black writer,has experienced the great turning of giving up music and embarking on literature successfully.He had optimistic views on racial problems and rigorous attitude of scholarship.The fact that he was especially famous for only one novel,Invisible Man,co-incidentally confirmed the idea of "governing by doing nothing that goes against nature" in Chinese traditional philosophy Taoism.