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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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儒家 - Confucianism

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新序 - Xin Xu

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)] Liu Xiang
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雜事四

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104 雜事四:
宋景公時,熒惑在心,公懼,召子韋而問焉「熒惑在心,何也?」子韋曰:「熒惑,天罰也;心,宋分野也,禍當君身。雖然,可移於宰相。」公曰:「宰相,使治國也,而移死焉,不詳,寡人請自當也。」子韋曰:「可移於民!」公曰:「民死,將誰君乎?寧獨死耳。」子韋曰:「可移於歲。」公曰:「歲饑,民餓必死,為人君欲殺其民以自活,其誰以我為君乎?是寡人之命固盡矣。子無復言。」子韋還走,北而再拜曰:「臣敢賀君,天之處高而聽卑,君有仁之言三,天必三賞君,今夕星必徙三會,君延壽二十一歲。」公曰:「子何以知之?」對曰:「君有三善,故三賞,星必三舍,舍行七星,星當一年,三七二十一,故曰延壽二十一年,臣請伏於陛下,以伺之,星不徙,臣請死之。」公曰:「可。」是夕也,星果三徙舍,如子韋言。老子曰:「能受國之不祥,是謂天下之王也。

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"]

78 道德經:
天下莫柔弱於水,而攻堅強者莫之能勝,其無以易之。弱之勝強,柔之勝剛,天下莫不知,莫能行。是以聖人云:受國之垢,是謂社稷主;受國不祥,是謂天下王。正言若反。
Dao De Jing:
(Things to be believed)
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it; - for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed.
Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.

Therefore a sage has said,
'He who accepts his state's reproach,
Is hailed therefore its altars' lord;
To him who bears men's direful woes
They all the name of King accord.'

Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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淮南子 - Huainanzi

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)]
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[Also known as: 《淮南》, 《鴻烈》]

道應訓

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27 道應訓:
宋景公之時,熒惑在心。公懼,召子韋而問焉。曰:「熒惑在心,何也?」子韋曰:「熒惑,天罰也;心,宋分野,禍且當君。雖然,可移于宰相。」公曰:「宰相,所使治國家也。而移死焉。不祥。」子韋曰:「可移於民。」公曰:「民死,寡人誰為君乎?寧獨死耳!」子韋曰:「可移於歲。」公曰「歲,民之命;歲饑,民必死矣。為人君而欲殺其民以自活也,其誰以我為君者乎?是寡人之命,固已盡矣!子韋無複言矣。」子韋還走,北面再拜曰:「敢賀君。天之處高而聽卑。君有君人之言三,天必有三賞君。今夕星必徙三舍,君延年二十一歲。」公曰:「子奚以知之?」對曰:「君有君人之言三,故有三賞,星必三徙舍。舍行七里,三七二十一,故君移年二十一歲。臣請伏于陛下以伺之。星不徙,臣請死之。」公曰:「可」。是夕也,星果三徙舍。故老子曰:「能受國之不祥,是謂天下王。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

42 老子甲德... :
天下莫柔□□□□□堅強者莫之能□也,以其無□易□□□□□□□勝強,天□□□□□□□行也。故聖人之言云曰:受邦之詬,是胃社稷之主;受邦之不祥,是胃天下之王。□□若反。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德經

43 老子乙德... :
天下莫柔弱於水,□□□□□□□□□,以其無以易之也。水之朕剛也,弱之朕強也,天下莫弗知也,而□□□□也。是故聖人之言云曰:受國之詬,是胃社稷之主;受國之不祥,是胃天下之王。正言若反。

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