《淮南子》（又名《淮南鸿烈》、《刘安子》）是西汉皇族淮南王刘安及其门客收集史料集体编写而成的一部哲学著作。 《淮南子》相传是由西汉皇族淮南王刘安主持撰写，故而得名。该书在继承先秦道家思想的基础上，综合了诸子百家学说中的精华部分，对后世研究秦汉时期文化起到了不可替代的作用。
Huainanzi “(also known as” Huainan Honglie “or” Liu Anzi “) is a philosophical work compiled by the Huainan Prince Liu An and his followers during the Western Han Dynasty, who collected historical materials. The Huainanzi is said to have been written by Liu An, the Prince of Huainan of the Western Han Dynasty, hence its name. On the basis of inheriting the pre-qin Taoism, the book integrates the essence of various schools of thought, and plays an irreplaceable role in the study of the culture of the Qin and Han dynasties by later generations.
《古代寓言·瞎子和跛子》
寇难至，躄者告盲者，盲者负而走，两人皆活。得其所能也。
——《淮南子》
The Blind Man and the Lame Man
A certain country was invaded by its enemy. When a lame man there told a blind man of this, the blind man carried the lame one on his back and they escaped together. They did this by making use of each other’s strong points.
–Huai Nan Zi
（杨宪益、戴乃迭 译）
