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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"]

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。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子乙 - Laozi B

5 老子乙:
上士聞道,勤能行於其中。中士聞道,若存若亡。下士聞道,大笑之。弗大笑,不足以為道矣。是以建言有之:明道如悖,遲夷道□□□道若退。上德如谷,大白如辱,廣德如不足,建德如□□真如渝。遲大方亡隅,大器曼成,大音希聲,天象亡形,道□□□□□

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

3 老子甲德... :
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老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德經

3 老子乙德... :
上□□道,堇能行之;中士聞道,若存若亡;下士聞道,大笑之。弗笑□□以為道。是以建言有之曰:明道如費,進道如退,夷道如類,上德如浴,大白如辱,廣德如不足,建德如□,質□□□,大方無禺,大器免成,大音希聲,天象無刑,道褒無名。夫唯道,善始且善成。

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。

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