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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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儒家 - Confucianism

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論衡 - Lunheng

[Eastern Han] 80 Wang Chong
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狀留

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6 狀留:
楓桐之樹,生而速長,故其皮肌不能堅剛。樹檀以五月生葉,後彼春榮之木,其材彊勁,車以為軸。殷之桑穀,七日大拱,長速大暴,故為變怪。大器晚成,寶貨難售者。不崇一朝,輒成賈者,菜果之物也。是故湍瀨之流,沙石轉而大石不移。何者?大石重而沙石輕也。沙石轉積於大石之上,大石沒而不見。賢儒俗吏,並在世俗,有似於此。遇闇長吏,轉移俗吏,超在賢儒之上,賢儒處下,受馳走之使,至或巖居穴處,沒身不見。咎在長吏不能知賢,而賢者道大,力劣不能拔舉之故也。

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"]

41 道德經:
上士聞道,勤而行之;中士聞道,若存若亡;下士聞道,大笑之。不笑不足以為道。故建言有之:明道若昧;進道若退;夷道若纇;上德若谷;太白若辱;廣德若不足;建德若偷;質真若渝;大方無隅;大器晚成;大音希聲;大象無形;道隱無名。夫唯道,善貸且成。
Dao De Jing:
(Sameness and difference)
Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Dao, earnestly carry it into practice. Scholars of the middle class, when they have heard about it, seem now to keep it and now to lose it. Scholars of the lowest class, when they have heard about it, laugh greatly at it. If it were not (thus) laughed at, it would not be fit to be the Dao.
Therefore the sentence-makers have thus expressed themselves:
'The Dao, when brightest seen, seems light to lack;
Who progress in it makes, seems drawing back;
Its even way is like a rugged track.
Its highest virtue from the vale doth rise;
Its greatest beauty seems to offend the eyes;
And he has most whose lot the least supplies.
Its firmest virtue seems but poor and low;
Its solid truth seems change to undergo;
Its largest square doth yet no corner show
A vessel great, it is the slowest made;
Loud is its sound, but never word it said;
A semblance great, the shadow of a shade.'

The Dao is hidden, and has no name; but it is the Dao which is skilful at imparting (to all things what they need) and making them complete.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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同異

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1 同異:
上士聞道,勤而行之。上士聞道,自勤苦竭力而行之。中士聞道,若存若亡。中士聞道,治身以長存,治國以太平,欣然而存之,退見財色榮譽,惑於情欲,而復亡之也。下士聞道,大笑之。下士貪狠多欲,見道柔弱,謂之恐懼,見道質樸,謂之鄙陋,故大笑之。不笑不足以為道。不為下士所笑,不足以名為道。故建言有之:建,設也。設言以有道,當如下句。明道若昧,明道之人,若闇昧無所見。進道若退,進取道者,若退不及。夷道若纇。夷,平也。大道之人不自別殊,若多比類也。上德若谷,上德之人若深谷,不恥垢濁也。大白若辱,大潔白之人若汙辱,不自彰顯。廣德若不足,德行廣大之人,若愚頑不足也。建德若偷,建設道德之人,若可偷引使空虛也。質真若渝,質樸之人,若五色有渝淺不明也。大方無隅,大方正之人,無委屈廉隅。大器晚成,大器之人,若九鼎瑚璉,不可卒成也。大音希聲,大音猶雷霆待時而動,喻當愛氣希言也。大象無形,大法象之人,質樸無形容。道隱無名。道潛隱,使人無能指名也。夫惟道,善貸且成。成,就也。言道善稟貸人精氣,且成就之也。

法家 - Legalism

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韓非子 - Hanfeizi

[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)]
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19 喻老:
楚莊王蒞政三年,無令發,無政為也。右司馬御座而與王隱曰:「有鳥止南方之阜,三年不翅不飛不鳴,嘿然無聲,此為何名?」王曰:「三年不翅,將以長羽翼。不飛不鳴,將以觀民則。雖無飛,飛必沖天;雖無鳴,鳴必驚人。子釋之,不穀知之矣。」處半年,乃自聽政,所廢者十,所起者九,誅大臣五,舉處士六,而邦大治。舉兵誅齊,敗之徐州,勝晉於河雍,合諸侯於宋,遂霸天下。莊王不為小害善,故有大名;不蚤見示,故有大功。故曰:「大器晚成,大音希聲。」

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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呂氏春秋 - Lü Shi Chun Qiu

[Warring States] 247 BC-239 BC Lu Bu-wei
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[Also known as: 《呂覽》]

先識覽

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樂成

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1 樂成:
大智不形,大器晚成,大音希聲。

史書 - Histories

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後漢書 - Hou Han Shu

[Northern and Southern] 420-445
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列傳

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郎顗襄楷列傳下

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26 郎顗襄楷... :
臣伏見光祿大夫江夏黃瓊,耽道樂術,清亮自然,被褐懷寶,含味經籍,又果於從政,明達變復。朝廷前加優寵,賓于上位。瓊入朝日淺,謀謨未就,因以喪病,致命遂志。老子曰:「大音希聲,大器晚成。」善人為國,三年乃立。天下莫不嘉朝廷有此良人,而復怪其不時還任。陛下宜加隆崇之恩,極養賢之禮,徵反京師,以慰天下。又處士漢中李固,年四十,通游夏之蓺,履顏閔之仁。絜白之節,情同皦日,忠貞之操,好是正直,卓冠古人,當世莫及。元精所生,王之佐臣,天之生固,必為聖漢,宜蒙特徵,以示四方。夫有出倫之才,不應限以官次。昔顏子十八,天下歸仁;子奇稚齒,化阿有聲。若還瓊徵固,任以時政,伊尹、傅說,不足為比,則可垂景光,致休祥矣。臣顗明不知人,伏聽眾言,百姓所歸,臧否共歎。願汎問百僚,覈其名行,有一不合,則臣為欺國。惟留聖神,不以人廢言。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

意林

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卷一

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道德經二卷

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13 道德經二... :
上士聞道,勤而行之;中士聞道,若存若亡;下士聞道,大笑之。不笑不足以為道。不為下士笑,不足名曰道。明道若昧,明道之人,若暗昧無所見也。進道若退,進取道者,若退不及。夷道若類,夷,平也。大道之人,不自别殊,若多比類。上德若谷,若深谷不恥垢辱也。廣德若不足。德行廣大之人,若愚頑不足也。大方無隅,大方正之人,無委曲亷隅也。大器晚成,成器之人,如瑚璉不可卒成。大音希聲,如雷電待時而動,喻常愛氣希言也。大象無形。大法象道之人,質朴無形容也。

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御覽

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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。

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