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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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儒家 - Confucianism

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韓詩外傳 - Han Shi Wai Zhuan

[Western Han] 180 BC-120 BC
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卷九

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16 卷九:
賢士不以恥食,不以辱得。老子曰:「名與身孰親?身與貨孰多?得與亡孰病?是故甚愛必大費,多藏必厚亡。知足不辱,知止不殆,可以長久。大成若缺,其用不敝;大盈若沖,其用不窮;大直若詘大辯若訥,大巧若拙,其用不屈。罪莫大於多欲,禍莫大於不知足。故知足之足,常足矣。」

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"]

45 道德經:
大成若缺,其用不弊。大盈若沖,其用不窮。大直若屈,大巧若拙,大辯若訥。躁勝寒靜勝熱。清靜為天下正。
Dao De Jing:
(Great or overflowing virtue)
Who thinks his great achievements poor
Shall find his vigour long endure.
Of greatest fulness, deemed a void,
Exhaustion never shall stem the tide.
Do thou what's straight still crooked deem;
Thy greatest art still stupid seem,
And eloquence a stammering scream.

Constant action overcomes cold; being still overcomes heat. Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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洪德

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1 洪德:
大成若缺,謂道德大成之君也。若缺者,滅名藏譽,如毀缺不備也。其用不弊,其用心如是,則無敝盡時也。大盈若沖,謂道德大盈滿之君也。若沖者,貴不敢驕也,富不敢奢也。其用不窮。其用心如是,則無窮盡時也。大直若屈,大直,謂修道法度正直如一也。若屈者,不與俗人爭,若可屈折。大巧若拙,大巧謂多才術也。若拙者,亦不敢見其能。大辯若訥。大辯者,智無疑。若訥者,口無辟躁勝寒,勝,極也。春夏陽氣躁疾於上,萬物盛大,極則寒,寒則零落死亡也。言人不當剛躁也。靜勝熱,秋冬萬物靜於黃泉之下,極則熱,熱者生之源。清靜能為天下正。能清靜則為天下之長,持身正則無終已時也。

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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24 道應訓:
秦穆公謂伯樂曰:「子之年長矣。子姓有可使求馬者乎?」對曰:「良馬者,可以形容筋骨相也。相天下之馬者,若滅若失,若亡其一。若此馬者,絕塵弭轍。臣之子皆下材也,可告以良馬,而不可告以天下之馬。臣有所與供儋纏采薪者方九堙,此其于馬,非臣之下也。請見之。」穆公見之,使之求馬。三月而反報曰:「已得馬矣。在於沙丘。」穆公曰:「何馬也?」對曰:「牡而黃。」使人往取之,牝而驪。穆公不說。召伯樂而問之曰:「敗矣。子之所使求者。毛物、牝牡弗能知,又何馬之能知?」伯樂喟然大息曰:「一至此乎!是乃其所以千萬臣而無數者也。若堙之所觀者,天機也。得其精而忘其粗,在內而忘其外,見其所見而不見其所不見,視其所視而遺其所不視。若彼之所相者,乃有貴乎馬者!」馬至,而果千里之馬。故老子曰:「大直若屈,大巧若拙。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

7 老子甲德... :
大成若缺,其用不幣。大盈若沖,其用不窮。大直如詘,大巧如拙,大贏如炳。趮勝寒靚勝炅。請靚可以為天下正。

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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德經

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7 德經:
大成若缺,謂道德大成之君也。如缺者,滅名藏譽,如毁缺不備。其用不弊,其用心如是,則無弊盡時也。大盈若沖,謂道德大盈滿之君也。如沖者,貴不敢驕,富不敢奢也。其用不窮,其用心如是,則無窮盡。大直若屈,大直,謂修道法度正直如一也。如屈者,不與俗人争,如可屈折也。大巧若拙,大巧,謂多才術也。如拙者,亦不敢見其能也。大辯若訥,大辯,知無疑也。如訥者,無口辭也。清静以為天下正。能清能静,則為天下長持正,則無終已時也。

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