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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"]

32 道德經:
道常無名。
樸雖小,
1天下莫能臣也。侯王若能守之,萬物將自賓。
天地相合,以降甘露,民莫之令而自均。始制有名,名亦既有,夫亦將知止,知止所以不殆。譬道之在天下,猶川谷之與江海。
Dao De Jing:
(The Dao with no name)
The Dao, considered as unchanging, has no name.
Though in its primordial simplicity it may be small, the whole world dares not deal with (one embodying) it as a minister. If a feudal prince or the king could guard and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him.
Heaven and Earth (under its guidance) unite together and send down the sweet dew, which, without the directions of men, reaches equally everywhere as of its own accord.
As soon as it proceeds to action, it has a name. When it once has that name, (men) can know to rest in it. When they know to rest in it, they can be free from all risk of failure and error.
The relation of the Dao to all the world is like that of the great rivers and seas to the streams from the valleys.

1. 樸雖小, : Inserted. 本章王弼注多言「樸」,據河上公《注》本、馬王堆《老子乙》增。

37 道德經:
道常無為而無不為。侯王若能守之,萬物將自化。化而欲作,吾將鎮之以無名之樸。無名之樸,夫亦將無欲。不欲以靜,天下將自定。
Dao De Jing:
(The exercise of government)
The Dao in its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which it does not do.
If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves be transformed by them.
If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would express the desire by the nameless simplicity.

Simplicity without a name
Is free from all external aim.
With no desire, at rest and still,
All things go right as of their will.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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道經

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為政

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1 為政:
道常無為而無不為。道以無為為常也。侯王若能守之,萬物將自化。言侯王若能守道,萬物將自化效於己也。化而欲作,吾將鎮之以無名之樸。吾,身也。無明之樸,道德也。萬物已化效於己也。復欲作巧偽者,侯王當身鎮撫以道德也。無名之樸,夫亦將無欲。不欲以靜,言侯王鎮撫以道德,民亦將不欲,故當以清靜導化之也。天下將自定。能如是者,天下將自正定也。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子甲 - Laozi A

7 老子甲:
道恒亡為也,侯王能守之,而萬物將自化。化而欲作,將正之以亡名之樸。夫亦將知,知足以靜,萬物將自定。

10 老子甲:
道恒亡名,樸,雖細,天地弗敢臣,侯王如能守之,萬物將自賓。天地相合也,以輸甘露。民莫之令而自均焉。始制有名。名亦既有,夫亦將知之,知之所以不殆。譬道之在天下也,猶小谷之與江海。

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲道經

32 老子甲道... :
道恆無名。楃唯□□□□□□□□王若能守之,萬物將自賓。天地相谷,以俞甘洛,民莫之□□□均焉。始制有□,□□□有,夫□□□□□□所以不□。俾道之在天□□□□浴之與江海也。

37 老子甲道... :
道恆無名。侯王若守之,萬物將自𢡺。𢡺而欲□□□□□□□名之楃。□□□名之楃,夫將不辱。不辱以情,天地將自正。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道經

32 老子乙道... :
道恆無名。樸唯小而天下弗敢臣。侯王若能守之,萬物將自賓。天地相合,以俞甘洛,□□□令而自均焉。始制有名,名亦既有,夫亦將知止,知止所以不殆。卑□□在天下也,猷小浴之與江海也。

37 老子乙道... :
道恆無名。侯王若能守之,萬物將自化。化而欲作,吾將闐之以無名之樸。闐之以無名之樸,夫將不辱。不辱以靜,天地將自正。

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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19 道經:
知人者智,能知人好惡是智。自知者明,人能自知賢不肖,是為反聽無聲,內視無形,故為明也。勝人者有力,能勝人者,不過以威力也。自勝者强,人能自勝己情欲,則天下無有能與己争者,故為强也。知足者富,人能知足,則保福禄,故為富也。强行者則有志,人能强力行善,則為有意於道。不失其所者久,人能自節養,不失其所,則可以久也。死而不妄者壽,目不妄視,耳不妄聽,口不妄語,則無怨惡於天下,故長壽也。道常無為,而無不為,道以無為為常也。侯王若能守之,萬物將自化。言侯王而能守道,萬物將自化,效於己也。

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