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先秦两汉 - Pre-Qin and Han

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儒家 - Confucianism

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韩诗外传 - Han Shi Wai Zhuan

[Western Han] 180 BC-120 BC
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卷九

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16 卷九:
贤士不以耻食,不以辱得。老子曰:“名与身孰亲?身与货孰多?得与亡孰病?是故甚爱必大费,多藏必厚亡。知足不辱,知止不殆,可以长久。大成若缺,其用不敝;大盈若冲,其用不穷;大直若诎大辩若讷,大巧若拙,其用不屈。罪莫大于多欲,祸莫大于不知足。故知足之足,常足矣。”

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"]

46 道德经:
天下有道,却走马以粪。天下无道,戎马生于郊。祸莫大于不知足;咎莫大于欲得。故知足之足,常足矣。
Dao De Jing:
(The moderating of desire or ambition)
When the Dao prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung- carts. When the Dao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands.
There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德经

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俭欲

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1 俭欲:
天下有道,谓人主有道也。却走马以粪,粪者,粪田也。兵甲不用,却走马治农田,治身者却阳精以粪其身。天下无道,谓人主无道也。戎马生于郊。战伐不止,戎马生于郊境之上,久不还也。罪莫大于可欲。好淫色也。祸莫大于不知足,富贵不能自禁止也。咎莫大于欲得。欲得人物,利且贪也。故知足之足,守真根也。常足。无欲心也。

法家 - Legalism

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韩非子 - Hanfeizi

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]
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[Also known as: 《韩非》, 《韩子》]

解老

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22 解老:
人有欲则计会乱,计会乱而有欲甚,有欲甚则邪心胜,邪心胜则事经绝,事经绝则祸难生。由是观之,祸难生于邪心,邪心诱于可欲。可欲之类,进则教良民为奸,退则令善人有祸。奸起则上侵弱君,祸至则民人多伤。然则可欲之类,上侵弱君而下伤人民。夫上侵弱君而下伤人民者,大罪也。故曰:“祸莫大于可欲。”是以圣人不引五色,不淫于声乐,明君贱玩好而去淫丽。人无毛羽,不衣则不犯寒。上不属天,而下不著地,以肠胃为根本,不食则不能活。是以不免于欲利之心,欲利之心不除,其身之忧也。故圣人衣足以犯寒,食足以充虚,则不忧矣。众人则不然,大为诸侯,小馀千金之资,其欲得之忧不除也,胥靡有免,死罪时活,今不知足者之忧,终身不解,故曰:“祸莫大于不知足。”故欲利甚于忧,忧则疾生,疾生而智慧衰,智慧衰则失度量,失度量则妄举动,妄举动则祸害至,祸害至而疾婴内,疾婴内则痛祸薄外,痛祸薄外则苦痛杂于肠胃之间,苦痛杂于肠胃之间则伤人也憯,憯则退而自咎,退而自咎也生于欲利,故曰:“咎莫憯于欲利。”

喻老

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3 喻老:
智伯兼范、中行而攻赵不已,韩、魏反之,军败晋阳,身死高梁之东,遂卒被分,漆其首以为溲器,故曰:“祸莫大于不知足。

出土文献 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子甲 - Laozi A

3 老子甲:
罪莫厚于甚欲,咎莫佥于欲得,祸莫大乎不知足。知足之为足,此恒足矣。

马王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德经

8 老子甲德... :
天下有道,□走马以粪。天下无道,戎马生于郊。罪莫大于可欲;祸莫大于不知足。咎莫憯于欲得。□□□□□恒足矣。

汉代之后 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

群书治要

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卷三十四

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老子

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德经

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8 德经:
天下有道,谓人主有道也。却走马以粪,粪者,治田也。兵甲不用,却走马以治农田也。天下无道,谓人主无道也。戎马生于郊,战伐不止,戎马生于郊境之上,久不还也。罪莫大于可欲,好淫色也。祸莫大于不知足,富贵不能自禁止也。咎莫大于欲得,欲得人物,利且贪。故知足之足,常足矣。无欲心也。

卷四十九

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傅子

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27 傅子:
天下之福,莫大于无欲,天下之祸,莫大于不知足,无欲则无求,无求者,所以成其俭也。不知足,则物莫能盈其欲矣。莫能盈其欲,则虽有天下,所求无已,所欲无极矣。海内之物不益,万民之力有尽,纵无已之求,以灭不益之物,逞无极之欲,而役有尽之力,此殷士所以倒戈于牧野,秦民所以不期而周周疑同叛,曲论之好,奢而不足者,岂非天下之大祸耶。

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