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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"]

78 道德经:
天下莫柔弱于水,而攻坚强者莫之能胜,其无以易之。弱之胜强,柔之胜刚,天下莫不知,莫能行。是以圣人云:受国之垢,是谓社稷主;受国不祥,是谓天下王。正言若反。
Dao De Jing:
(Things to be believed)
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it; - for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed.
Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.

Therefore a sage has said,
'He who accepts his state's reproach,
Is hailed therefore its altars' lord;
To him who bears men's direful woes
They all the name of King accord.'

Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德经

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1 任信:
天下莫柔弱于水,圆中则圆,方中则方,壅之则止,决之则行。而攻坚强者莫之能胜,水能怀山襄陵,磨铁消铜,莫能胜水而成功也。以其无以易之。夫攻坚强者,无以易于水。弱之胜强,水能灭火,阴能消阳。柔之胜刚,舌柔齿刚,齿先舌亡。天下莫不知,知柔弱者久长,刚强者折伤。莫能行。耻谦卑,好强梁。是以圣人云:谓下事也。受国之垢,是谓社稷主;人君能受国之垢浊者,若江海不逆小流,则能长保其社稷,为一国之君主也。受国不祥,是为天下王。人君能引过自与,代民受不祥之殃,则可以王天下。正言若反。此乃正直之言,世人不知,以为反言。

出土文献 - Excavated texts

马王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德经

42 老子甲德... :
天下莫柔□□□□□坚强者莫之能□也,以其无□易□□□□□□□胜强,天□□□□□□□行也。故圣人之言云曰:受邦之诟,是胃社稷之主;受邦之不祥,是胃天下之王。□□若反。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德经

43 老子乙德... :
天下莫柔弱于水,□□□□□□□□□,以其无以易之也。水之朕刚也,弱之朕强也,天下莫弗知也,而□□□□也。是故圣人之言云曰:受国之诟,是胃社稷之主;受国之不祥,是胃天下之王。正言若反。

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