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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"]

6 道德經:
谷神不死,是謂玄牝。玄牝之門,是謂天地根。綿綿若存,用之不勤。
Dao De Jing:
(The completion of material forms)
The valley spirit dies not, aye the same;
The female mystery thus do we name.
Its gate, from which at first they issued forth,
Is called the root from which grew heaven and earth.
Long and unbroken does its power remain,
Used gently, and without the touch of pain.

列子 - Liezi

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]
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[Also known as: 《沖虛至德真經》]

天瑞

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1 天瑞:
子列子居鄭圃,四十年人无識者。國君卿大夫眎之,猶眾庶也。國不足,將嫁於衛。弟子曰:「先生往无反期,弟子敢有所謁;先生將何以教?先生不聞壺丘子林之言乎?」子列子笑曰:「壺子何言哉?雖然,夫子嘗語伯昏瞀人,吾側聞之,試以告女。其言曰:有生不生,有化不化。不生者能生生,不化者能化化。生者不能不生,化者不能不化,故常生常化。常生常化者,无時不生,无時不化。陰陽爾,四時爾,不生者疑獨,不化者往復。往復,其際不可終;疑獨,其道不可窮。《黃帝書》曰:「谷神不死,是謂玄牝。玄牝之門,是謂天地之根。綿綿若存,用之不勤。」故生物者不生,化物者不化。自生自化,自形自色,自智自力,自消自息。謂之生化、形色、智力、消息者,非也。」

列仙傳 - Lie Xian Zhuan

[Western Han] 50 BC-8
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容成公

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2 容成公:
亹亹容成,專氣致柔。得一在昔,含光獨游。道貫黃庭,伯陽仰儔。玄牝之門,庶幾可求。

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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道經

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成象

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1 成象:
谷神不死,谷,養也。人能養神則不死也。神,謂五臟之神也。肝藏魂,肺藏魄,心藏神,腎藏精,脾藏志,五藏盡傷,則五神去矣。是謂玄牝。言不死之有,在於玄牝。玄,天也,於人為鼻。牝,地也,於人為口。天食人以五氣,從鼻入藏於心。五氣輕微,為精、神、聰、明、音聲五性。其鬼曰魂,魂者雄也,主出入於人鼻,與天通,故鼻為玄也。地食人以五味,從口入藏於胃。五味濁辱,為形、骸、骨、肉、血、脈六情。其鬼曰魄,魄者雌也,主出入於人口,與地通,故口為牝也。玄牝之門,是謂天地根。根,元也。言鼻口之門,是乃通天地之元氣所從往來也。綿綿若存,鼻口呼噏喘息,當綿綿微妙,若可存,復若無有。用之不勤。用氣當寬舒,不當急疾懃勞也。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲道經

6 老子甲道... :
浴神□死,是胃玄牝。玄牝之門,是胃□地之根。縣縣呵若存,用之不堇。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道經

6 老子乙道... :
浴神不死,是胃玄牝。玄牝之門,是胃天地之根。縣縣呵其若存,用之不堇。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御覽

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方術部一

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養生

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23 養生:
《修養雜訣》曰:老子云:玄牝之門,是謂天地根。綿綿若存,用之不勤。「言口鼻也。天地之門以吐納陰陽生死之氣。每至旦,面向午,展兩手於膝之上,徐按捺百節,口吐濁氣,鼻引清氣,所以吐故納新。是蹙氣良久,徐徐吐之,仍以左右手上下前后拓。取氣之時,意想太和,元氣下入毛際,流于五臟,四支皆授其潤,如山納云,如地授澤。若氣通則竟腹中咽,咽轉動。若得十通,即竟,身體潤澤而光色渙,耳目聰明,飲食有味,氣力倍加,諸疾去矣。

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