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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"]

21 道德经:
孔德之容,唯道是从。道之为物,唯恍唯惚。忽兮恍兮,其中有象;恍兮忽兮,其中有物。窈兮冥兮,其中有精;其精甚真,其中有信。自古及今,其名不去,以阅衆甫。吾何以知衆甫之状哉?以此。
Dao De Jing:
(The empty heart, or the Dao in its operation)
The grandest forms of active force
From Dao come, their only source.
Who can of Dao the nature tell?
Our sight it flies, our touch as well.
Eluding sight, eluding touch,
The forms of things all in it crouch;
Eluding touch, eluding sight,
There are their semblances, all right.
Profound it is, dark and obscure;
Things' essences all there endure.
Those essences the truth enfold
Of what, when seen, shall then be told.
Now it is so; 'twas so of old.
Its name - what passes not away;
So, in their beautiful array,
Things form and never know decay.
How know I that it is so with all the beauties of existing things? By this (nature of the Dao).

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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道经

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虚心

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1 虚心:
孔德之容,孔,大也。有大德之人,无所不容,能受垢浊,处谦卑也。唯道是从。唯,独也。大德之人,不随世俗所行,独从于道也。道之为物,唯恍唯忽。道之于万物,独恍忽往来,于其无所定也。忽兮恍兮,其中有象;道唯忽恍无形,之中独有万物法象。恍兮忽兮,其中有物。道唯恍忽,其中有一,经营生化,因气立质。窈兮冥兮,其中有精,道唯窈冥无形,其中有精实,神明相薄,阴阳交会也。其精甚真,言存精气,其妙甚真,非有饰也。其中有信。道匿功藏名,其信在中也。自古及今,其名不去,自,从也。自古至今,道常在不去。以阅众甫,阅,禀也。甫,始也。言道禀与,万物始生,从道受气。吾何以知众甫之然哉。吾何以知万物从道受气。以此。此,今也。以今万物皆得道精气而生,动作起居,非道不然。

出土文献 - Excavated texts

马王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲道经

21 老子甲道... :
孔德之容,唯道是从。道之物,唯望唯忽。□□□呵,中有象呵;望呵忽呵,中有物呵。幽呵鸣呵,中有请也;其请甚真,其中□□。自今及古,其名不去,以顺众父。吾何以知众父之然?以此。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道经

21 老子乙道... :
孔德之容,唯道是从。道之物,唯望唯忽。忽呵望呵,中又象呵;望呵忽呵,中有物呵。幼呵冥呵,其中有请呵。其请甚真,其中有信。自今及古,其名不去,以顺众父。吾何以知众父之然也?以此。

汉代之后 - Post-Han

宋明 - Song-Ming

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道部一

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1 道:
《老子》曰:道可道,非常道,虚极之妙也。无名天地之始,有名万物之母。无名者,妙本也,道冲而用之或似不盈,渊乎似万物之宗。天地之间,其由橐龠乎?玄牡之门是谓天地根。天地所以能长且久者,以其不自生,故能长生。生而不有,为而不恃,长而不宰,是谓玄德。执古之道,以御今之有。能知古始,是谓道纪。万物并作,吾以观其复。功成事遂,百姓皆谓我自然。绝圣弃智,民利百倍。孔德之容,惟道是从。以阅众甫,吾何以知众甫之然哉?曲则全,谓曲己以应务则全也;枉则直,谓枉己以伸人则直也。洼则盈,谓执谦则常盈也;弊则新,谓守弊薄则日新也。少则得,谓抱一不离则无失也;多则惑,谓有为多门则惑乱也。是以圣人抱一为天下式。希言自然者,谓因言悟道,不滞于言,合自然也。有物混成,先天地生,寂兮寥兮,独立而不改,周行而不殆。吾不知其名,字之曰道,强为之名曰大。域中有四大,王居其一。谓王者人灵之主,万物系其兴亡也。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。重为轻根,静为躁君。善行无辙迹,谓体了真性行无行相,则必与道宜也。善言无瑕谪,谓遣象求意,理证心忘也。善计不用筹算,谓一以贯之,不生他见也。善闭无关楗而不可开,谓心无逐境之迷,境无起心之累也。善结无绳约而不可解,谓心与道合,虽无约束,其不可解也。是以圣人常善救人,故无弃人,常善救物,故无弃物,是谓袭明。知其雄,守其雌;知其白,守其黑;知其荣,守其辱;谓含德内融则复归于朴,常德听用则散而为器。既涉形器,必有精粗。圣人用之,则为群材之官长矣。故大制不割,谓圣人用道大制群生。万物不谢,于自然曾不割伤也。道之在天下,犹川谷之于江海。死而不亡者寿,谓死者分理之终,亡者夭折之数。寿者一期之尽,夫知足力行者,得天常地,死而不亡,是一期之尽,可谓寿矣。执大象,天下往。往而不害,安于太平。化而欲作,吾将镇之无名之朴。谓道也。失道而后德,失德而后仁,失仁而后义,失义而后礼,天下之物生于有,有生于无,明道若昧,进道若退,夷道若类。上德若谷,谓虚沿而容物也。大白若辱,谓能洁而含垢也。广德若不足,谓大成而执谦也,建德若渝,谓立功而不炫也。体真若渝,谓淳一而和光也。大方无隅,谓不小立圭角也,大器晚成,谓且无近功也。大音希声,谓不饰小说也。大象无形,谓能应万类也。道隐无名,谓功用不彰也。道生一,一生二,二生三,三生万物,万物负阴而抱阳,冲气以为和。为道日损,损之又损,以至无为。故塞其兑,闭其门,终身不勤也,谓不纵六根爱悦,则祸患之门闭矣,终身不勤劳也。开其兑,济其事,终身不救,谓开纵视听,以成其授悦之事,故有祸患不救也。尾簜自殃,是谓袭常,谓不为身灾,是谓密用真常之道也。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知。所以言者以音相闻,譬如知音者,识音以弦,心知其音,口不能传道。深微妙知者,不言也。太上曰知者不言,言能以救物。
又曰:上士学道,授之以神,中士授之以心,下士授之以耳。以神听者通无形,以心听者知内情,以耳听者闻外声。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知,故圣人云:“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。”修之于身,天下自化。深根固蒂,长生久视之道。以道莅天下,其鬼不神,道者万物之奥,为者败之,执者失之,是以圣人无为故无败,无执故无失。

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