Follow us on Facebook to receive important updates Follow us on Twitter to receive important updates Follow us on sina.com's microblogging site to receive important updates Follow us on Douban to receive important updates
Chinese Text Project
Simplified Chinese version
Search details:
Scope: Request type: Paragraph
Condition 1: References "必以言下之,欲先民" Matched:6.
Total 6 paragraphs. Page 1 of 1.

先秦两汉 - Pre-Qin and Han

Related resources

道家 - Daoism

Related resources

道德经 - Dao De Jing

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] English translation: James Legge [?]
Books referencing 《道德经》 Library Resources
Source
Related resources
[Also known as: 《老子》, "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi"]

66 道德经:
江海所以能为百谷王者,以其善下之,故能为百谷王。是以圣人欲上民,必以言下之;欲先民,必以身后之。是以圣人处上而民不重,处前而民不害。是以天下乐推而不厌。以其不争,故天下莫能与之争。
Dao De Jing:
(Putting one's self last)
That whereby the rivers and seas are able to receive the homage and tribute of all the valley streams, is their skill in being lower than they; - it is thus that they are the kings of them all. So it is that the sage (ruler), wishing to be above men, puts himself by his words below them, and, wishing to be before them, places his person behind them.
In this way though he has his place above them, men do not feel his weight, nor though he has his place before them, do they feel it an injury to them.
Therefore all in the world delight to exalt him and do not weary of him. Because he does not strive, no one finds it possible to strive with him.

文子 - Wenzi

[Eastern Han - Jin] 212-231
Books referencing 《文子》 Library Resources
Related resources
[Also known as: 《通玄真经》]

九守

Library Resources

道德

Library Resources
11 道德:
老子曰:释道而任智者危,弃数而用才者困,故守分循理,失之不忧,得之不喜。成者非所为,得者非所求,入者有受而无取,出者有授而无与,因春而生,因秋而杀,所生不德,所杀不怨,则几于道矣。文子问曰:王者得其欢心,为之奈何?老子曰:若江海即是也,“淡兮无味,用之不既”,先小而后大。“夫欲上人者,必以其言下之,欲先人者,必以其身后之”,天下必效其欢爱,进其仁义,而无苛气,“居上而民不重,居前而众不害,天下乐推而不厌。”虽绝国殊俗,蜎飞蠕动,莫不亲,无之而不通,无往而不遂,“故为天下贵。”

出土文献 - Excavated texts

马王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德经

28 老子甲德... :
□海之所以能为百浴王者,以其善下之,是以能为百浴王。是以圣人之欲上民也,必以其言下之;其欲先□□必以其身后之。故居前而民弗害也,居上而民弗重也。天下乐隼而弗猒也,非以其无诤与?故□□□□□诤。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德经

29 老子乙德... :
江海所以能为百浴□□,□其□下之也,是以能为百浴王。是以圣人之欲上民也,必以其言下之;其欲先民也,必以其身后之。故居上而民弗重也,居前而民弗害。天下皆乐谁而弗猒也,不□其无争与?故天下莫能与争。

汉代之后 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

群书治要

[Tang] 631 Library Resources

卷三十四

Library Resources

老子

Library Resources

德经

Library Resources
22 德经:
江海所以能为百谷王,以其善下之,江海以卑下故,衆流归之,若民归就王者。是以圣人欲上人,欲在民之上也。必以言下之,法江海,处谦虚。欲先民,欲在民之前也。必以身后之,先人而后己也。是以圣人处上而民不重,圣人在民上为主,不以尊贵虐下,故民戴仰,不以为重也。处前而民不害。圣人在民前,不以光明蔽后,亲之若父母,无有欲害之者。

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御览

[Northern Song] 977-984 Library Resources

皇王部一

Library Resources

叙皇王上

Library Resources
37 叙皇王上:
《老子》曰:圣人处无为之事,行不言之教,万物作而不辞,生而不有,为而不恃,功成而不居。夫惟不居,是以不去。
又曰:不尚贤,使民不争;不贵难得之货,使民不为盗;不见可欲,使心不乱。是以圣人之治,虚其心,实其腹,弱其志,强其骨,常使民无知无欲。使夫知者不敢为也。无为,则无不治也。
又曰:道大、天大、地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一。
又曰:圣人无常心,以百姓心为心:善者,吾善之;不善者,吾亦善之,得善矣!信者,吾信之;不信者,吾亦信之,得信矣!圣人在,天下歙然。为天下浑其心,百姓皆注其耳目,圣人皆孩之。
又曰:圣人之言云:“我无为,而民自化;我无事,而民自富;我好静,而民自正;我无欲,而民自朴。”
又曰:圣人执左契而不责于人,故有德司契,无德司撤。圣人之心,与百姓心犹左右契耳。契来则和,故上下相亲,怨用不作,后世不能,执左契以应物,而守常辙以轨民,用此来和,必有馀怨矣。
又曰:江海所以能为百谷王者,以其善下之也。是以圣人欲上人也,必以其言下之;欲先人也,必以其身后之。故处上弗害,是以天下乐推而不厌也。

Total 6 paragraphs. Page 1 of 1.