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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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道家 - Daoism

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道德經 - 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"]

22 道德經:
曲則全,枉則直,窪則盈,弊則新,少則得,多則惑。是以聖人抱一為天下式。不自見,故明;不自是,故彰;不自伐,故有功;不自矜,故長。夫唯不爭,故天下莫能與之爭。古之所謂曲則全者,豈虛言哉!誠全而歸之。
Dao De Jing:
(The increase granted to humility)
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.
Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines; from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished; from self-boasting, and therefore his merit is acknowledged; from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority. It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.
That saying of the ancients that 'the partial becomes complete' was not vainly spoken: - all real completion is comprehended under it.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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道經

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益謙

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1 益謙:
曲則全,曲己從眾,不自專,則全其身也。枉則直,枉,屈己而伸人,久久自得直也。窪則盈,地窪下,水流之;人謙下,德歸之。敝則新,自受弊薄,後己先人,天下敬之,久久自新也。少則得,自受取少則得多也,天道祐謙,神明託虛。多則惑。財多者,惑於所守,學多者,惑於所聞。是以聖人抱一為天下式。抱,守也。式,法也。聖人守一,乃知萬事,故能為天下法式也。不自見故明,聖人不以其目視千里之外也,乃因天下之目以視,故能明達也。不自是故彰,聖人不自以為是而非人,故能彰顯於世。不自伐故有功,伐,取也。聖人德化流行,不自取其美,故有功於天下。不自矜故長。矜,大也。聖人不自貴大,故能久不危。夫惟不爭,故天下莫能與之爭。此言天下賢與不肖,無能與不爭者爭也。古之所謂曲則全者,豈虛言哉。傳古言,曲從則全身,此言非虛妄也。誠全而歸之。誠,實也。能行曲從者,實其肌體,歸之於父母,無有傷害也。

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馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲道經

23 老子甲道... :
曲則金,枉則定,洼則盈,敝則新,少則得,多則惑。是以聲人執一以為天下牧。不□視,故明;不自見,故章;不自伐,故有功;弗矜,故能長。夫唯不爭,故莫能與之爭。古□□□□□□□語才!誠金歸之。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道經

23 老子乙道... :
曲則全,汪則正,洼則盈,敝則新,少則得,多則惑。是以聖人執一以為天下牧。不自視,故章;不自見也,故明;不自伐,故有功;弗矜,故能長。夫唯不爭,故莫能與之爭。古之所胃曲全者,幾語才!誠全歸之。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

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卷三十四

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老子

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道經

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8 道經:
曲則全,曲己從衆,不自專,則全也。枉則直,窪則盈,地窪下,水流之,人謙下,德歸之。弊則新,自受弊薄,後己先人,天下敬之,久久自新。少則得,自受少,則得多。多則惑,財多者惑於守身,學多者惑於所聞也。是以聖人抱一為天下式,抱,守也;式,法也。聖人守一,乃知萬事,故能為天下法式也。不自見,故明,聖人因天下之目以視,故能明達。不自是,故彰,聖人不自為是而非人,故能彰顯於世。不自伐,故有功,聖人德化流行,不自取其美,故有功於天下也。不自矜,故長,聖人不自貴大,故能長久不危也。夫唯不争,故天下莫能與之争。此言天下賢與不肖,無能與不争者争。

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