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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"]

50 道德經:
出生入死。生之徒,十有三;死之徒,十有三;人之生,動之死地,十有三。夫何故?以其生,生之厚。蓋聞善攝生者,陸行不遇兕虎,入軍不被甲兵;兕無所投其角,虎無所措其爪,兵無所容其刃。夫何故?以其無死地。
Dao De Jing:
(The value set on life)
Men come forth and live; they enter (again) and die.
Of every ten three are ministers of life (to themselves); and three are ministers of death.
There are also three in every ten whose aim is to live, but whose movements tend to the land (or place) of death. And for what reason? Because of their excessive endeavours to perpetuate life.
But I have heard that he who is skilful in managing the life entrusted to him for a time travels on the land without having to shun rhinoceros or tiger, and enters a host without having to avoid buff coat or sharp weapon. The rhinoceros finds no place in him into which to thrust its horn, nor the tiger a place in which to fix its claws, nor the weapon a place to admit its point. And for what reason? Because there is in him no place of death.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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貴生

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1 貴生:
出生入死。出生,謂情欲出五內,魂靜魄定,故生。入死,謂情欲入於胸臆,精勞神惑,故死。生之徒十有三,死之徒死十有三,言生死之類各有十三,謂九竅四關也。其生也目不妄視,耳不妄聽,鼻不妄嗅,口不妄言,味,手不妄持,足不妄行,精神不妄施。其死也反是也。人之生,動之死地十有三。人知求生,動作反之十三死也。夫何故,問何故動之死地也。以其求生之厚。所以動之死地者,以其求生活之事太厚,違道忤天,妄行失紀。蓋以聞善攝生者,攝,養也。路行不遇兕虎,自然遠離,害不干也。入軍不披甲兵,不好戰以殺人。兕無投其角,虎無所措爪,兵無所容其刃。養生之人,兕虎無由傷,兵刃無從加之也。夫何故,問兕虎兵甲何故不加害之。以其無死地。以其不犯十三之死地也。言神明營護之,此物不敢害。

法家 - Legalism

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韓非子 - Hanfeizi

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]
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[Also known as: 《韓非》, 《韓子》]

解老

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26 解老:
人始於生而卒於死。始之謂出,卒之謂入,故曰:「出生入死。」人之身三百六十節,四肢,九竅,其大具也。四肢與九竅十有三者,十有三者之動靜盡屬於生焉。屬之謂徒也,故曰:「生之徒也十有三者。」至死也十有三具者皆還而屬之於死,死之徒亦有十三,故曰:「生之徒,十有三;死之徒,十有三。」凡民之生生而生者固動,動盡則損也,而動不止,是損而不止也,損而不止則生盡,生盡之謂死,則十有三具者皆為死死地也。故曰:「民之生,生而動,動皆之死地,之十有三。」是以聖人愛精神而貴處靜,此甚大於兕虎之害。夫兕虎有域,動靜有時,避其域,省其時,則免其兕虎之害矣。民獨知兕虎之有爪角也,而莫知萬物之盡有爪角也,不免於萬物之害。何以論之?時雨降集,曠野閒靜,而以昏晨犯山川,則風露之爪角害之。事上不忠,輕犯禁令,則刑法之爪角害之。處鄉不節,憎愛無度,則爭鬥之爪角害之。嗜慾無限,動靜不節,則痤疽之爪角害之。好用其私智而棄道理,則網羅之爪角害之。兕虎有域,而萬害有原,避其域,塞其原,則免於諸害矣。凡兵革者,所以備害也。重生者雖入軍無忿爭之心,無忿爭之心則無所用救害之備。此非獨謂野處之軍也,聖人之遊世也無害人之心,無害人之心則必無人害,無人害則不備人,故曰:「陸行不遇兕虎。」入山不恃備以救害,故曰:「入軍不備甲兵。」遠諸害,故曰:「兕無所投其角,虎無所錯其爪,兵無所容其刃。」不設備而必無害,天地之道理也。體天地之道,故曰:「無死地焉。」動無死地,而謂之「善攝生」矣。

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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淮南子 - Huainanzi

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)]
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詮言訓

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14 詮言訓:
在智則人與之訟,在力則人與之爭。未有使人無智者,有使人不能用其智於己者也;未有使人無力者,有使人不能施其力於己者也。此兩者,常在久見。故君賢不見,諸侯不備;不肖不見,則百姓不怨;百姓不怨,則民用可得;諸侯弗備,則天下之時可承。事所與眾同也,功所與時成也,聖人無焉。故老子曰:「虎無所措其爪,兕無所措其角。」蓋謂此也。鼓不滅於聲,故能有聲;鏡不沒於形,故能有形;金石有聲,弗叩弗鳴;管簫有音,弗吹無聲。聖人內藏,不為物先倡,事來而制,物至而應。飾其外者傷其內,扶其情者害其神,見其文者蔽其質,無須臾忘為質者,必困於性。百步之中,不忘其容者,必累其形。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

12 老子甲德... :
□生□□□□□□有□□□徒,十有三;而民生生,動皆之死地之十有三。夫何故也?以其生生也。蓋□□執生者,陵行不□矢虎,入軍不被甲兵;矢無所投其角,虎無所昔其蚤,兵無所容□□。□何故也?以其無死地焉。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御覽

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道部十

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養生

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5 養生:
《老子》曰:道言微深,子未能別。撮其樞略,慎戒勿失。先損諸欲,莫令意逸。閑居靜處,精細齋室。丹書萬卷,不如守一。當制念以定志,靜薯以安蜀,寶氣以存血,思慮兼忘,宜想內視,則身神并一;靜思期真,則眾妙感會。專精積神,不與物雜謂之清;反神服氣,安而不動謂之道。
又曰:善攝生者,陸行不遇兕虎,入軍不披甲兵。兕無所投其角,虎無所措其爪,兵無所容其刃。

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