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先秦兩漢 - Pre-Qin and Han

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儒家 - Confucianism

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說苑 - Shuo Yuan

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)] Liu Xiang
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政理

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41 政理:
魯國之法,魯人有贖臣妾於諸侯者,取金於府;子貢贖人於諸侯而還其金,孔子聞之曰:「賜失之矣,聖人之舉事也,可以移風易俗,而教導可施於百姓,非獨適其身之行也。今魯國富者寡而貧者眾,贖而受金則為不廉;不受則後莫復贖,自今以來,魯人不復贖矣。」孔子可謂通於化矣。故老子曰:「見小曰明。

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"]

52 道德經:
天下有始,以為天下母。既得1其母,以2知其子,既知其子,復守其母,沒身3不殆。塞其兌,閉其門,終身不勤。開其兌,濟其事,終身不救。見小曰明,守柔曰強。用其光,復歸其明,無遺身殃;是為習常。
Dao De Jing:
(Returning to the source)
(The Dao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all.
When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard (the qualities of) the mother that belong to him, to the end of his life he will be free from all peril.
Let him keep his mouth closed, and shut up the portals (of his nostrils), and all his life he will be exempt from laborious exertion. Let him keep his mouth open, and (spend his breath) in the promotion of his affairs, and all his life there will be no safety for him.
The perception of what is small is (the secret of clear- sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.

Who uses well his light,
Reverting to its (source so) bright,
Will from his body ward all blight,
And hides the unchanging from men's sight.

1. 得 : Originally read: "知". 據《古逸叢書》本、馬王堆本改。
2. 以 : Originally read: "復". 據《古逸叢書》本、馬王堆本改。
3. 身 : Originally read: "其". 據《古逸叢書》本、馬王堆本改。

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》]

喻老

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12 喻老:
昔者紂為象箸而箕子怖。以為象箸必不加於土鉶,必將犀玉之杯。象箸玉杯必不羹菽藿,則必旄象豹胎。旄象豹胎必不衣短褐而食於茅屋之下,則錦衣九重,廣室高臺。吾畏其卒,故怖其始。居五年,紂為肉圃,設炮烙,登糟邱,臨酒池,紂遂以亡。故箕子見象箸以知天下之禍,故曰:「見小曰明。

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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淮南子 - Huainanzi

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)]
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[Also known as: 《淮南》, 《鴻烈》]

道應訓

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11 道應訓:
魯國之法,魯人為人妾于諸侯,有能贖之者,取金於府。子贛贖魯人于諸侯。來,而辭不受金。孔子曰:「賜失之矣。夫聖人之舉事也,可以移風易俗,而受教順可施後世,非獨以適身之行也。今國之富者寡而貧者眾,贖而受金,則為不廉;不受金,則不復贖人。自今以來,魯人不復贖人于諸侯矣。」孔子亦可謂知禮矣。故老子曰:「見小曰明。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙德經

15 老子乙德... :
天下有始,以為天下母。既得其母,以知其子;既○知其子,復守其母,沒身不佁。塞其兌,閉其門,冬身不堇。啟其兌,齊其□□□不棘。見小曰明,守□□強。用□□□□□□□遺身央;是胃□常。

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