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《道德经 - Dao De Jing》
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[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] English translation: James Legge ^[?]

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[Also known as: 《老子》, "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi"]

59 Jump to dictionary Show parallel passages Show photographic representation Show commentary Related discussion	道德经:	治人事天莫若啬。夫唯啬，是谓早服；早服谓之重积德；重积德则无不克；无不克则莫知其极；莫知其极，可以有国；有国之母，可以长久；是谓深根固柢，长生久视之道。
	Dao De Jing:	(Guarding the Dao) For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation. It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state). That early return is what I call the repeated accumulation of the attributes (of the Dao). With that repeated accumulation of those attributes, there comes the subjugation (of every obstacle to such return). Of this subjugation we know not what shall be the limit; and when one knows not what the limit shall be, he may be the ruler of a state. He who possesses the mother of the state may continue long. His case is like that (of the plant) of which we say that its roots are deep and its flower stalks firm: - this is the way to secure that its enduring life shall long be seen.

《守道》

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治人，谓人君治理人民。事天，事，用也。当用天道，顺四时。莫若啬。啬，爱惜也。治国者当爱民财，不为奢泰。治身者当爱精气，不为放逸。夫为啬，是谓早服。早，先也。服，得也。夫独爱民财，爱精气，则能先得天道也。早服谓之重积德。先得天道，是谓重积得于己也。重积德则无不克，克，胜也。重积德于己，则无不胜。无不克则莫知其极，无不克胜，则莫知有知己德之穷极也。莫知其极可以有国。莫知己德者有极，则可以有社稷，为民致福。有国之母，可以长久。国身同也。母，道也。人能保身中之道，使精气不劳，五神不苦，则可以长久。是谓深根固蒂，人能以气为根，以精为蒂，如树根不深则拔，蒂不坚则落。言当深藏其气，固守其精，使无漏泄。长生久视之道。深根固蒂者，乃长生久视之道。