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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"]

25 道德經:
有物混成,先天地生。寂兮寥兮,獨立不改,周行而不殆,可以為天下母。吾不知其名,字之曰道,強為之名曰大。大曰逝,逝曰遠,遠曰反。故道大,天大,地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。
Dao De Jing:
(Representations of the mystery)
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.
I do not know its name, and I give it the designation of the Dao (the Way or Course). Making an effort (further) to give it a name I call it The Great.
Great, it passes on (in constant flow). Passing on, it becomes remote. Having become remote, it returns. Therefore the Dao is great; Heaven is great; Earth is great; and the (sage) king is also great. In the universe there are four that are great, and the (sage) king is one of them.
Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Dao. The law of the Dao is its being what it is.

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子甲 - Laozi A

11 老子甲:
有狀混成,先天地生,清寥,獨立不亥,可以為天下母。未知其名,字之曰道,吾強為之名曰大。大曰折,折曰轉,轉曰返。天大,地大,道大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲道經

25 老子甲道... :
有物昆成,先天地生。繡呵繆呵,獨立□□□,可以為天地母。吾未知其名,字之曰道,吾強為之名曰大。□曰筮,筮曰□□□□□□天大,地大,王亦大。國中有四大,而王居一焉。人法地,□法□□法□□法□□。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道經

25 老子乙道... :
有物昆成,先天地生。蕭呵漻呵,獨立而不改,可以為天地母。吾未知其名也,字之曰道,吾強為之名曰大。大曰筮,筮曰遠,遠曰反。道大,天大,地大,王亦大。國中有四大,而王居一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

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老子

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道經

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11 道經:
道大,道大者,無不容也。天大,地大,王亦大,天大者,無不蓋,地大者,無不載;王大者,無不制。域中有四大,而王居其一焉。八極之內有四大,王居其一也。人法地,人當法地,安静和柔也。勞而不怨,有功而不宣。地法天,施而不求報,生長萬物,無所收取。天法道,清静不言,萬物自成。道法自然。道性自然,無所法也。

宋明 - Song-Ming

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道部一

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1 道:
《老子》曰:道可道,非常道,虛極之妙也。無名天地之始,有名萬物之母。無名者,妙本也,道沖而用之或似不盈,淵乎似萬物之宗。天地之間,其由橐籥乎?玄牡之門是謂天地根。天地所以能長且久者,以其不自生,故能長生。生而不有,為而不恃,長而不宰,是謂玄德。執古之道,以御今之有。能知古始,是謂道紀。萬物并作,吾以觀其復。功成事遂,百姓皆謂我自然。絕聖棄智,民利百倍。孔德之容,惟道是從。以閱眾甫,吾何以知眾甫之然哉?曲則全,謂曲己以應務則全也;枉則直,謂枉己以伸人則直也。窪則盈,謂執謙則常盈也;弊則新,謂守弊薄則日新也。少則得,謂抱一不離則無失也;多則惑,謂有為多門則惑亂也。是以聖人抱一為天下式。希言自然者,謂因言悟道,不滯於言,合自然也。有物混成,先天地生,寂兮寥兮,獨立而不改,周行而不殆。吾不知其名,字之曰道,強為之名曰大。域中有四大,王居其一。謂王者人靈之主,萬物系其興亡也。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。重為輕根,靜為躁君。善行無轍跡,謂體了真性行無行相,則必與道宜也。善言無瑕謫,謂遣象求意,理證心忘也。善計不用籌算,謂一以貫之,不生他見也。善閉無關楗而不可開,謂心無逐境之迷,境無起心之累也。善結無繩約而不可解,謂心與道合,雖無約束,其不可解也。是以聖人常善救人,故無棄人,常善救物,故無棄物,是謂襲明。知其雄,守其雌;知其白,守其黑;知其榮,守其辱;謂含德內融則復歸于樸,常德聽用則散而為器。既涉形器,必有精粗。聖人用之,則為群材之官長矣。故大制不割,謂聖人用道大制群生。萬物不謝,于自然曾不割傷也。道之在天下,猶川谷之于江海。死而不亡者壽,謂死者分理之終,亡者夭折之數。壽者一期之盡,夫知足力行者,得天常地,死而不亡,是一期之盡,可謂壽矣。執大象,天下往。往而不害,安于太平。化而欲作,吾將鎮之無名之樸。謂道也。失道而後德,失德而後仁,失仁而後義,失義而後禮,天下之物生于有,有生于無,明道若昧,進道若退,夷道若類。上德若谷,謂虛沿而容物也。大白若辱,謂能潔而含垢也。廣德若不足,謂大成而執謙也,建德若渝,謂立功而不炫也。體真若渝,謂淳一而和光也。大方無隅,謂不小立圭角也,大器晚成,謂且無近功也。大音希聲,謂不飾小說也。大象無形,謂能應萬類也。道隱無名,謂功用不彰也。道生一,一生二,二生三,三生萬物,萬物負陰而抱陽,沖氣以為和。為道日損,損之又損,以至無為。故塞其兌,閉其門,終身不勤也,謂不縱六根愛悅,則禍患之門閉矣,終身不勤勞也。開其兌,濟其事,終身不救,謂開縱視聽,以成其授悅之事,故有禍患不救也。尾簜自殃,是謂襲常,謂不為身災,是謂密用真常之道也。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知。所以言者以音相聞,譬如知音者,識音以弦,心知其音,口不能傳道。深微妙知者,不言也。太上曰知者不言,言能以救物。
又曰:上士學道,授之以神,中士授之以心,下士授之以耳。以神聽者通無形,以心聽者知內情,以耳聽者聞外聲。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知,故聖人云:「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。」修之於身,天下自化。深根固蒂,長生久視之道。以道蒞天下,其鬼不神,道者萬物之奧,為者敗之,執者失之,是以聖人無為故無敗,無執故無失。

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