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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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儒家 - Confucianism

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春秋繁露 - Chun Qiu Fan Lu

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)] Dong Zhong Shu
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立元神

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3 立元神:
天積眾精以自剛,天序日月星辰以自光,聖人序爵祿以自明。天所以剛者,非一精之力;聖人所以強者,非一賢之德也。故天道務盛其精,聖人務眾其賢。盛其精而壹其陽,眾其賢而同其心。壹其陽然後可以致其神,同其心然後可以致其功。是以建治之術,貴得賢而同心。為人君者,其要貴神。神者,不可得而視也,不可得而聽也,是故親而不見其形,聽而不聞其聲。聲之不聞,故莫得其響,不見其形,故莫得其影。莫得其影則無以曲直也,莫得其響則無以清濁也。無以曲直則其功不可得而敗,無以清濁則其名不可得而度也。所謂不見其形者,非不見其進止之形也,言其所以進止不可得而見也。所謂不聞其聲者,非不聞其號令之聲也,言其所以號令不可得而聞也。不見不聞,是謂冥昏。能冥則明,能昏則彰。能冥能昏,是謂神人。君貴居冥而明其位,處陰而向陽。惡人見其情而欲知人之心,是故為人君者執無源之慮,行無端之事,以不求奪,以不問問。吾以不求奪則我利矣,彼以不出出則彼費矣。吾以不問問則我神矣,彼以不對對則彼情矣。故終日問之,彼不知其所對,終日奪之,彼不知其所出。吾則以明而彼不知其所亡。故人臣居陽而為陰,人君居陰而為陽。陰道尚形而露情,陽道無端而貴神。

道家 - Daoism

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莊子 - Zhuangzi

[Warring States] 350 BC-250 BC
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[Also known as: 《南華真經》]

外篇 - Outer Chapters

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知北遊 - Knowledge Rambling in the North

English translation: James Legge [?]
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8 知北遊:
光曜問乎無有曰:「夫子有乎,其無有乎?」光曜不得問,而孰視其狀貌,窅然空然,終日視之而不見,聽之而不聞,搏之而不得也。光曜曰:「至矣!其孰能至此乎!予能有無矣,而未能無無也,及為無有矣,何從至此哉!」
Knowledge Rambling in the...:
Starlight asked Non-entity, saying, 'Master, do you exist? or do you not exist?' He got no answer to his question, however, and looked stedfastly to the appearance of the other, which was that of a deep void. All day long he looked to it, but could see nothing; he listened for it, but could hear nothing; he clutched at it, but got hold of nothing. Starlight then said, 'Perfect! Who can attain to this? I can (conceive the ideas of) existence and non-existence, but I cannot (conceive the ideas of) non-existing non-existence, and still there be a nonexisting existence. How is it possible to reach to this?'

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"]

14 道德經:
視之不見,名曰夷;聽之不聞,名曰希;搏之不得,名曰微。此三者不可致詰,故混而為一。其上不皦,其下不昧。繩繩不可名,復歸於無物。是謂無狀之狀,無物之象,是謂惚恍。迎之不見其首,隨之不見其後。執古之道,以御今之有。能知古始,是謂道紀。
Dao De Jing:
(The manifestation of the mystery)
We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and obtain The One. Its upper part is not bright, and its lower part is not obscure. Ceaseless in its action, it yet cannot be named, and then it again returns and becomes nothing. This is called the Form of the Formless, and the Semblance of the Invisible; this is called the Fleeting and Indeterminable. We meet it and do not see its Front; we follow it, and do not see its Back. When we can lay hold of the Dao of old to direct the things of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue of Dao.

列子 - Liezi

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]
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[Also known as: 《沖虛至德真經》]

天瑞

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2 天瑞:
子列子曰:「昔者聖人因陰陽以統天地。夫有形者生於无形,則天地安從生?故曰:有太易,有太初,有太始,有太素。太易者,未見氣也:太初者,氣之始也;太始者,形之始也;太素者,質之始也。氣形質具而未相離,故曰渾淪。渾淪者,言萬物相渾淪而未相離也。視之不見,聽之不聞,循之不得,故曰易也。易无形埒,易變而為一,一變而為七,七變而為九。九變者,究也,乃復變而為一。一者,形變之始也。清輕者上為天,濁重者下為地,沖和氣者為人;故天地含精,萬物化生。」

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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道經

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贊玄

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1 贊玄:
視之不見名曰夷,無色曰夷。言一無采色,不可得視而見之。聽之不見名曰希,無聲曰希。言一無音聲,不可得聽而聞之。搏之不得名曰微。無形曰微。言一無形體,不可摶持而得之。此三者不可致詰,三者,謂夷、希、微也。不可致詰者,夫無色、無聲、無形,口不能言,書不能傳,當受之以靜,求之以神,不可問詰而得之也。故混而為一。混,合也。故合於三名之為一。其上不皦,言一在天上,不皦。皦,光明。其下不昧。言一在天下,不昧。昧,有所闇冥。繩繩不可名,繩繩者,動行無窮級也。不可名者,非一色也,不可以青黃白黑別,非一聲也,不可以宮商角徵羽聽,非一形也,不可以長短大小度之也。復歸於無物。物,質也。復當歸之於無質。是謂無狀之狀,言一無形狀,而能為萬物作形狀也。無物之象,一無物質,而為萬物設形象也。是謂惚恍。一忽忽恍恍者,若存若亡,不可見之也。迎之不見其首,一無端末,不可預待也。除情去欲,一自歸之也。隨之不見其後,言一無影跡,不可得而看。執古之道,以御今之有,聖人執守古道,生一以御物,知今當有一也。能知古始,是謂道紀。人能知上古本始有一,是謂知道綱紀也。

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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淮南子 - Huainanzi

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)]
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原道訓

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15 原道訓:
夫無形者,物之大祖也;無音者,聲之大宗也。其子為光,其孫為水。皆生於無形乎!夫光可見而不可握,水可循而不可毀。故有像之類,莫尊于水。出生入死,自無蹠有,自有蹠無而為衰賤矣!是故清靜者,德之至也;而柔弱者,道之要也;虛無恬愉者,萬物之用也。肅然應感,殷然反本,則淪於無形矣。所謂無形者,一之謂也。所謂一者,無匹合於天下者也。卓然獨立,塊然獨處,上通九天,下貫九野。員不中規,方不中矩。大渾而為一,棄累而無根。懷囊天地,為道開門。穆忞隱閔,純德獨存,佈施而不既,用之而不勤。是故視之不見其形,聽之不聞其聲,循之不得其身;無形而有形生焉,無聲而五音鳴焉,無味而五味形焉,無色而五色成焉。是故有生於無,實出於虛,天下為之圈,則名實同居。音之數不過五,而五音之變,不可勝聽也;味之和不過五,而五味之化,不可勝嘗也;色之數不過五,而五色之變,不可勝觀也。故音者,宮立而五音形矣;味者,甘立而五味亭矣;色者,白立而五色成矣;道者,一立而萬物生矣。

俶真訓

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2 俶真訓:
有有者,言萬物摻落,根莖枝葉,青蔥苓蘢,萑蔰炫煌,蠉飛蠕動,蚑行噲息,可切循把握而有數量。有無者,視之不見其形,聽之不聞其聲,捫之不可得也,望之不可極也,儲與扈冶,浩浩瀚瀚,不可隱儀揆度而通光耀者。有未始有有無者,包裹天地,陶冶萬物,大通混冥,深閎廣大,不可為外,析毫剖芒,不可為內,無環堵之宇而生有無之根。有未始有夫未始有有無者,天地未剖,陰陽未判,四時未分,萬物未生,汪然平靜,寂然清澄,莫見其形,若光燿之間於無有,退而自失也,曰:「予能有無,而未能無無也。及其為無無,至妙何從及此哉!」

道應訓

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44 道應訓:
光耀問於無有曰:」子果有乎?其果無有乎?」無有弗應也。光耀不得問,而就視其狀貌,冥然、忽然,視之不見其形,聽之不聞其聲,搏之不可得,望之不可極也。光耀曰:「貴矣哉!孰能至於此乎!予能有無矣,未能無無也;及其為無無,又何從至於此哉!」故老子曰:「無有入於無間,吾是以知無為之有益也。」

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲道經

14 老子甲道... :
視之而弗見,名之曰微;聽之而弗聞,名之曰希;昏之而弗得,名之曰夷。三者不可至計,故混□□□一者,其上不收,其下不忽,尋尋呵不可名也,復歸於無物。是胃無狀之狀,無物之□□□□□□□□□□□□而不見其首。執今之道,以御今之有。以知古始,是胃□□。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道經

14 老子乙道... :
視之而弗見,□之曰微;聽之而弗聞,命之曰希;德昏之而弗得,命之曰夷。三者不可至計,故混而為一。一者其上不謬,其下不忽。尋尋呵不可命也,復歸於無物。是胃無狀之狀,無物之象,是胃忽望。隋而不見其後,迎而不見其首。執今之道,以御今之有。以知古始,是胃道紀。

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