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先秦两汉 - Pre-Qin and Han

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道家 - Daoism

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道德经 - Dao De Jing

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] English translation: James Legge [?]
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[Also known as: 《老子》, "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi"]

52 道德经:
天下有始,以为天下母。既得1其母,以2知其子,既知其子,复守其母,没身3不殆。塞其兑,闭其门,终身不勤。开其兑,济其事,终身不救。见小曰明,守柔曰强。用其光,复归其明,无遗身殃;是为习常。
Dao De Jing:
(Returning to the source)
(The Dao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all.
When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard (the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his life he will be free from all peril.
Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion. Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no safety for him.
The perception of what is small is (the secret of clear- sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.

Who uses well his light,
Reverting to its (source so) bright,
Will from his body ward all blight,
And hides the unchanging from men's sight.

1. 得 : Originally read: "知". 据《古逸丛书》本、马王堆本改。
2. 以 : Originally read: "复". 据《古逸丛书》本、马王堆本改。
3. 身 : Originally read: "其". 据《古逸丛书》本、马王堆本改。

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德经

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归元

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1 归元:
天下有始,始有道也。以为天下母。道为天下万物之母既知其母,复知其子,子,一也。既知道己,当复知一也。既知其子,复守其母,己知一,当复守道反无为也。没身不殆。不危殆也。塞其兑,兑,目也。目不妄视也。闭其门,门,口也。使口不妄言终身不勤。人当塞目不妄视,闭口不妄言,则终生不勤苦。开其兑,开目视情欲也。济其事,济,益也。益情欲之事。终身不救。祸乱成也。见小曰明,萌芽未动,祸乱未见为小,昭然独见为明。守柔日强。守柔弱,日以强大也。用其光,用其目光于外,视时世之利害。复归其明。复当返其光明于内,无使精神泄也。无遗身殃,内视存神,不为漏失。是谓习常。人能行此,是谓修习常道。

出土文献 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子乙 - Laozi B

6 老子乙:
闭其门,塞其兑,终身不痗。启其兑,赛其事,终身不治。

马王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德经

14 老子甲德... :
天下有始,以为天下母。既得其母,以知其□,复守其母,没身不殆。塞其兑,闭其门,终身不堇。启其闷,济其事,终身□□。□小曰□,守柔曰强。用其光,复归其明,毋道身央;是胃袭常。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德经

15 老子乙德... :
天下有始,以为天下母。既得其母,以知其子;既○知其子,复守其母,没身不佁。塞其兑,闭其门,冬身不堇。启其兑,齐其□□□不棘。见小曰明,守□□强。用□□□□□□□遗身央;是胃□常。

汉代之后 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

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卷一

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道德经二卷

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21 道德经二... :
塞其兑,兑,目也,不妄视。闭其门,门,口也,不妄言。终身不勤。终身不勤苦也。开其兑,视情欲。济其事,济益情欲之事。终身不救。祸乱成也。

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