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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"]

59 道德經:
治人事天莫若嗇。夫唯嗇,是謂早服;早服謂之重積德;重積德則無不克;無不克則莫知其極;莫知其極,可以有國;有國之母,可以長久;是謂深根固柢,長生久視之道。
Dao De Jing:
(Guarding the Dao)
For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation.
It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state). That early return is what I call the repeated accumulation of the attributes (of the Dao). With that repeated accumulation of those attributes, there comes the subjugation (of every obstacle to such return). Of this subjugation we know not what shall be the limit; and when one knows not what the limit shall be, he may be the ruler of a state.
He who possesses the mother of the state may continue long. His case is like that (of the plant) of which we say that its roots are deep and its flower stalks firm: - this is the way to secure that its enduring life shall long be seen.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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守道

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1 守道:
治人,謂人君治理人民。事天,事,用也。當用天道,順四時。莫若嗇。嗇,愛惜也。治國者當愛民財,不為奢泰。治身者當愛精氣,不為放逸。夫為嗇,是謂早服。早,先也。服,得也。夫獨愛民財,愛精氣,則能先得天道也。早服謂之重積德。先得天道,是謂重積得於己也。重積德則無不剋,剋,勝也。重積德於己,則無不勝。無不剋則莫知其極,無不剋勝,則莫知有知己德之窮極也。莫知其極可以有國。莫知己德者有極,則可以有社稷,為民致福。有國之母,可以長久。國身同也。母,道也。人能保身中之道,使精氣不勞,五神不苦,則可以長久。是謂深根固蒂,人能以氣為根,以精為蒂,如樹根不深則拔,蒂不堅則落。言當深藏其氣,固守其精,使無漏泄。長生久視之道。深根固蒂者,乃長生久視之道。

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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17 解老:
所謂有國之母,母者,道也,道也者生於所以有國之術,所以有國之術,故謂之有國之母。夫道以與世周旋者,其建生也長,持祿也久,故曰:「有國之母,可以長久。」樹木有曼根,有直根。根者,書之所謂柢也。柢也者,木之所以建生也;曼根者,木之所以持生也。德也者,人之所以建生也;祿也者,人之所以持生也。今建於理者其持祿也久,故曰:「深其根。」體其道者,其生日長,故曰:「固其柢。」柢固則生長,根深則視久,故曰:「深其根,固其柢,長生久視之道也。」

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

21 老子甲德... :
□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□□可以有國;有國之母,可以長久;是胃深槿固氏,長□□□□道也。

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德經

22 老子乙德... :
治人事天莫若嗇。夫唯嗇,是以蚤服;蚤服是胃重積。重□□□□□□□□□□莫知其□;莫知其□□□有國;有國之母,可□□久;是胃□根固氏,長生久視之道也。

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