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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"]

66 道德經:
江海所以能為百谷王者,以其善下之,故能為百谷王。是以聖人欲上民,必以言下之;欲先民,必以身後之。是以聖人處上而民不重,處前而民不害。是以天下樂推而不厭。以其不爭,故天下莫能與之爭。
Dao De Jing:
(Putting one's self last)
That whereby the rivers and seas are able to receive the homage and tribute of all the valley streams, is their skill in being lower than they; - it is thus that they are the kings of them all. So it is that the sage (ruler), wishing to be above men, puts himself by his words below them, and, wishing to be before them, places his person behind them.
In this way though he has his place above them, men do not feel his weight, nor though he has his place before them, do they feel it an injury to them.
Therefore all in the world delight to exalt him and do not weary of him. Because he does not strive, no one finds it possible to strive with him.

文子 - Wenzi

[Eastern Han - Jin] 212-231
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[Also known as: 《通玄真經》]

九守

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道德

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11 道德:
老子曰:釋道而任智者危,棄數而用才者困,故守分循理,失之不憂,得之不喜。成者非所為,得者非所求,入者有受而無取,出者有授而無與,因春而生,因秋而殺,所生不德,所殺不怨,則幾於道矣。文子問曰:王者得其歡心,為之奈何?老子曰:若江海即是也,「淡兮無味,用之不既」,先小而後大。「夫欲上人者,必以其言下之,欲先人者,必以其身後之」,天下必效其歡愛,進其仁義,而無苛氣,「居上而民不重,居前而眾不害,天下樂推而不厭。」雖絕國殊俗,蜎飛蠕動,莫不親,無之而不通,無往而不遂,「故為天下貴。」

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

28 老子甲德... :
□海之所以能為百浴王者,以其善下之,是以能為百浴王。是以聖人之欲上民也,必以其言下之;其欲先□□必以其身後之。故居前而民弗害也,居上而民弗重也。天下樂隼而弗猒也,非以其無諍與?故□□□□□諍。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德經

29 老子乙德... :
江海所以能為百浴□□,□其□下之也,是以能為百浴王。是以聖人之欲上民也,必以其言下之;其欲先民也,必以其身後之。故居上而民弗重也,居前而民弗害。天下皆樂誰而弗猒也,不□其無爭與?故天下莫能與爭。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

群書治要

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卷三十四

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老子

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德經

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22 德經:
江海所以能為百谷王,以其善下之,江海以卑下故,衆流歸之,若民歸就王者。是以聖人欲上人,欲在民之上也。必以言下之,法江海,處謙虛。欲先民,欲在民之前也。必以身後之,先人而後己也。是以聖人處上而民不重,聖人在民上為主,不以尊貴虐下,故民戴仰,不以為重也。處前而民不害。聖人在民前,不以光明蔽後,親之若父母,無有欲害之者。

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御覽

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皇王部一

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敘皇王上

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37 敘皇王上:
《老子》曰:聖人處無為之事,行不言之教,萬物作而不辭,生而不有,為而不恃,功成而不居。夫惟不居,是以不去。
又曰:不尚賢,使民不爭;不貴難得之貨,使民不為盜;不見可欲,使心不亂。是以聖人之治,虛其心,實其腹,弱其志,強其骨,常使民無知無欲。使夫知者不敢為也。無為,則無不治也。
又曰:道大、天大、地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一。
又曰:聖人無常心,以百姓心為心:善者,吾善之;不善者,吾亦善之,得善矣!信者,吾信之;不信者,吾亦信之,得信矣!聖人在,天下歙然。為天下渾其心,百姓皆注其耳目,聖人皆孩之。
又曰:聖人之言云:「我無為,而民自化;我無事,而民自富;我好靜,而民自正;我無欲,而民自樸。」
又曰:聖人執左契而不責於人,故有德司契,無德司撤。聖人之心,與百姓心猶左右契耳。契來則和,故上下相親,怨用不作,后世不能,執左契以應物,而守常轍以軌民,用此來和,必有餘怨矣。
又曰:江海所以能為百谷王者,以其善下之也。是以聖人欲上人也,必以其言下之;欲先人也,必以其身後之。故處上弗害,是以天下樂推而不厭也。

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