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《道德經 - Dao De Jing》
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[Warring States (475 BC - 221 BC)] English translation: James Legge ^[?]

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[Also known as: 《老子》, "Tao Te Ching", "Laozi"]

14 Jump to dictionary Show parallel passages Show photographic representation Show commentary Show additional information	道德經:	視之不見，名曰夷；聽之不聞，名曰希；搏之不得，名曰微。此三者不可致詰，故混而為一。其上不皦，其下不昧。繩繩不可名，復歸於無物。是謂無狀之狀，無物之象，是謂惚恍。迎之不見其首，隨之不見其後。執古之道，以御今之有。能知古始，是謂道紀。
	Dao De Jing:	(The manifestation of the mystery) We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and obtain The One. Its upper part is not bright, and its lower part is not obscure. Ceaseless in its action, it yet cannot be named, and then it again returns and becomes nothing. This is called the Form of the Formless, and the Semblance of the Invisible; this is called the Fleeting and Indeterminable. We meet it and do not see its Front; we follow it, and do not see its Back. When we can lay hold of the Dao of old to direct the things of the present day, and are able to know it as it was of old in the beginning, this is called (unwinding) the clue of Dao.

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視之不見名曰夷，無色曰夷。言一無采色，不可得視而見之。聽之不見名曰希，無聲曰希。言一無音聲，不可得聽而聞之。搏之不得名曰微。無形曰微。言一無形體，不可摶持而得之。此三者不可致詰，三者，謂夷、希、微也。不可致詰者，夫無色、無聲、無形，口不能言，書不能傳，當受之以靜，求之以神，不可問詰而得之也。故混而為一。混，合也。故合於三名之為一。其上不皦，言一在天上，不皦。皦，光明。其下不昧。言一在天下，不昧。昧，有所闇冥。繩繩不可名，繩繩者，動行無窮級也。不可名者，非一色也，不可以青黃白黑別，非一聲也，不可以宮商角徵羽聽，非一形也，不可以長短大小度之也。復歸於無物。物，質也。復當歸之於無質。是謂無狀之狀，言一無形狀，而能為萬物作形狀也。無物之象，一無物質，而為萬物設形象也。是謂惚恍。一忽忽恍恍者，若存若亡，不可見之也。迎之不見其首，一無端末，不可預待也。除情去欲，一自歸之也。隨之不見其後，言一無影跡，不可得而看。執古之道，以御今之有，聖人執守古道，生一以御物，知今當有一也。能知古始，是謂道紀。人能知上古本始有一，是謂知道綱紀也。