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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"]

62 道德經:
道者萬物之奧。善人之寶,不善人之所保。美言可以市,尊行可以加人。人之不善,何棄之有?故立天子,置三公,雖有拱璧以先駟馬,不如坐進此道。古之所以貴此道者何?不曰:以求得,有罪以免耶?故為天下貴。
Dao De Jing:
(Practising the Dao)
Dao has of all things the most honoured place.
No treasures give good men so rich a grace;
Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface.

(Its) admirable words can purchase honour; (its) admirable deeds can raise their performer above others. Even men who are not good are not abandoned by it.
Therefore when the sovereign occupies his place as the Son of Heaven, and he has appointed his three ducal ministers, though (a prince) were to send in a round symbol-of-rank large enough to fill both the hands, and that as the precursor of the team of horses (in the court-yard), such an offering would not be equal to (a lesson of) this Dao, which one might present on his knees.
Why was it that the ancients prized this Dao so much? Was it not because it could be got by seeking for it, and the guilty could escape (from the stain of their guilt) by it? This is the reason why all under heaven consider it the most valuable thing.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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為道

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1 為道:
道者萬物之奧,奧,藏也。道為萬物之藏,無所不容也。善人之寶,善人以道為身寶,不敢違也。不善人之所保。道者,不善人之保倚也。遭患逢急,猶知自悔卑下。美言可以市,美言者獨可於市耳。夫市交易而退,不相宜善言美語,求者欲疾得,賣者欲疾售也。尊行可以加入。加,別也。人有尊貴之行,可以別異於凡人,未足以尊道。人之不善,何棄之有。人雖不善,當以道化之。蓋三皇之前,無有棄民,德化淳也。故立天子,置三公,欲使教化不善之人。雖有拱璧以先駟馬,不如坐進此道。雖有美璧先駟馬而至,故不如坐進此道。古之所以貴此道者,何不日以求得?古之所以貴此道者,不日日遠行求索,近得之於身。有罪以免耶,有罪謂遭亂世,闇君妄行形誅,修道則可以解死,免於眾也。故為天下貴。道德洞遠,無不覆濟,全身治國,恬然無為,故可為天下貴也。

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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尹文子 - Yin Wen Zi

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大道上

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3 大道上:
大道治者,則名、法、儒、墨自廢,以名、法、儒、墨治者,則不得離道。老子曰:「道者,萬物之奧,善人之寶,不善人之所寶。」是道治者,謂之善人,藉名、法、儒、墨者,謂之不善人,善人之與不善人,名分日離,不待審察而得也。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

群書治要

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卷三十四

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老子

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德經

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18 德經:
道者,萬物之奧,奧,藏也。道為萬物之藏,無所不容。善人之寶也。善人以道為身寶,不敢違。不善人之所保,道者,不善人之所保倚也。遭患逢急,猶知自悔卑下。故為天下貴。無不覆濟,恬然無為,故可為天下貴。

宋明 - Song-Ming

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道部一

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1 道:
《老子》曰:道可道,非常道,虛極之妙也。無名天地之始,有名萬物之母。無名者,妙本也,道沖而用之或似不盈,淵乎似萬物之宗。天地之間,其由橐籥乎?玄牡之門是謂天地根。天地所以能長且久者,以其不自生,故能長生。生而不有,為而不恃,長而不宰,是謂玄德。執古之道,以御今之有。能知古始,是謂道紀。萬物并作,吾以觀其復。功成事遂,百姓皆謂我自然。絕聖棄智,民利百倍。孔德之容,惟道是從。以閱眾甫,吾何以知眾甫之然哉?曲則全,謂曲己以應務則全也;枉則直,謂枉己以伸人則直也。窪則盈,謂執謙則常盈也;弊則新,謂守弊薄則日新也。少則得,謂抱一不離則無失也;多則惑,謂有為多門則惑亂也。是以聖人抱一為天下式。希言自然者,謂因言悟道,不滯於言,合自然也。有物混成,先天地生,寂兮寥兮,獨立而不改,周行而不殆。吾不知其名,字之曰道,強為之名曰大。域中有四大,王居其一。謂王者人靈之主,萬物系其興亡也。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。重為輕根,靜為躁君。善行無轍跡,謂體了真性行無行相,則必與道宜也。善言無瑕謫,謂遣象求意,理證心忘也。善計不用籌算,謂一以貫之,不生他見也。善閉無關楗而不可開,謂心無逐境之迷,境無起心之累也。善結無繩約而不可解,謂心與道合,雖無約束,其不可解也。是以聖人常善救人,故無棄人,常善救物,故無棄物,是謂襲明。知其雄,守其雌;知其白,守其黑;知其榮,守其辱;謂含德內融則復歸于樸,常德聽用則散而為器。既涉形器,必有精粗。聖人用之,則為群材之官長矣。故大制不割,謂聖人用道大制群生。萬物不謝,于自然曾不割傷也。道之在天下,猶川谷之于江海。死而不亡者壽,謂死者分理之終,亡者夭折之數。壽者一期之盡,夫知足力行者,得天常地,死而不亡,是一期之盡,可謂壽矣。執大象,天下往。往而不害,安于太平。化而欲作,吾將鎮之無名之樸。謂道也。失道而後德,失德而後仁,失仁而後義,失義而後禮,天下之物生于有,有生于無,明道若昧,進道若退,夷道若類。上德若谷,謂虛沿而容物也。大白若辱,謂能潔而含垢也。廣德若不足,謂大成而執謙也,建德若渝,謂立功而不炫也。體真若渝,謂淳一而和光也。大方無隅,謂不小立圭角也,大器晚成,謂且無近功也。大音希聲,謂不飾小說也。大象無形,謂能應萬類也。道隱無名,謂功用不彰也。道生一,一生二,二生三,三生萬物,萬物負陰而抱陽,沖氣以為和。為道日損,損之又損,以至無為。故塞其兌,閉其門,終身不勤也,謂不縱六根愛悅,則禍患之門閉矣,終身不勤勞也。開其兌,濟其事,終身不救,謂開縱視聽,以成其授悅之事,故有禍患不救也。尾簜自殃,是謂襲常,謂不為身災,是謂密用真常之道也。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知。所以言者以音相聞,譬如知音者,識音以弦,心知其音,口不能傳道。深微妙知者,不言也。太上曰知者不言,言能以救物。
又曰:上士學道,授之以神,中士授之以心,下士授之以耳。以神聽者通無形,以心聽者知內情,以耳聽者聞外聲。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知,故聖人云:「我無為而民自化,我無事而民自富,我好靜而民自正,我無欲而民自樸。」修之於身,天下自化。深根固蒂,長生久視之道。以道蒞天下,其鬼不神,道者萬物之奧,為者敗之,執者失之,是以聖人無為故無敗,無執故無失。

道部十五

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仙經下

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43 仙經下:
又云:化本有三,道經師也,大道無形,須經為階;經文玄妙,非凡所知;聖降為師,示人旨訣。《老子》云:道者萬物之奧,善人之寶。賢者得之,以為真寶;愚者得之,不敢失道。道無常術,德無常方;神無常體,和無常容;道無中主,與靜為友。
又曰:龍景九文紫鳳赤書經舊文藏在太上六合紫房之內,天人侍衛其經。

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