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《還淳》

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1 還淳:
絕聖絕聖制作,反初守元。五帝垂象,倉頡作書,不如三皇結繩無文。棄智,棄智慧,反無為。民利百倍。農事修,公無私。絕仁棄義,絕仁之見恩惠,棄義之尚華言。民復孝慈。德化淳也。絕巧棄利,絕巧者,詐偽亂真也。棄利者,塞貪路閉權門也。盜賊無有。上化公正,下無邪私。此三者,謂上三事所棄絕也。以為文不足,以為文不足者,文不足以教民。故令有所屬。當如下句。見素抱樸,見素者,當抱素守真,不尚文飾也。抱朴者,當見其篤朴1,以示下,故可法則。少私寡欲。少私者,正無私也。寡欲者,當知足也。

1. 當見其篤朴 : Another version reads: "當抱其質朴". 《中華書局》本改為「當抱其質朴」。

URN: ctp:heshanggong/19