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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"]

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。

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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歸元

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1 歸元:
天下有始,始有道也。以為天下母。道為天下萬物之母既知其母,復知其子,子,一也。既知道己,當復知一也。既知其子,復守其母,己知一,當復守道反無為也。沒身不殆。不危殆也。塞其兌,兌,目也。目不妄視也。閉其門,門,口也。使口不妄言終身不勤。人當塞目不妄視,閉口不妄言,則終生不勤苦。開其兌,開目視情欲也。濟其事,濟,益也。益情欲之事。終身不救。禍亂成也。見小曰明,萌芽未動,禍亂未見為小,昭然獨見為明。守柔日強。守柔弱,日以強大也。用其光,用其目光於外,視時世之利害。復歸其明。復當返其光明於內,無使精神泄也。無遺身殃,內視存神,不為漏失。是謂習常。人能行此,是謂修習常道。

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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40 道應訓:
齊王后死,王欲置後而未定。使群臣議。薛公欲中王之意,因獻十珥而美其一。旦日,因問美珥之所在。因勸立以為王后。齊王大說,遂尊重薛公。故人主之意欲見於外,則為人臣之所制。故老子曰:「塞其兌,閉其門,終身不勤。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子乙 - Laozi B

6 老子乙:
閉其門,塞其兌,終身不痗。啟其兌,賽其事,終身不治。

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子甲 - Laozi A

老子甲德經

14 老子甲德... :
天下有始,以為天下母。既得其母,以知其□,復守其母,沒身不殆。塞其兌,閉其門,終身不堇。啟其悶,濟其事,終身□□。□小曰□,守柔曰強。用其光,復歸其明,毋道身央;是胃襲常。

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。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

群書治要

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卷四十一

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淮南子

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道應

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3 道應:
齊王后死,欲置后而未定,使羣臣議,薛公欲中王之意,薛公,田嬰。因獻十珥而美其一,旦日,因問美珥之所在,因勸立以為王后,齊王大悅,遂重薛公,故人主之嗜欲見於外,則為人臣之所制。故老子曰:塞其兑,閉其門,終身不勤。

意林

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卷一

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道德經二卷

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21 道德經二... :
塞其兌,兌,目也,不妄視。閉其門,門,口也,不妄言。終身不勤。終身不勤苦也。開其兌,視情欲。濟其事,濟益情欲之事。終身不救。禍亂成也。

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御覽

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道部一

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1 道:
《老子》曰:道可道,非常道,虛極之妙也。無名天地之始,有名萬物之母。無名者,妙本也,道沖而用之或似不盈,淵乎似萬物之宗。天地之間,其由橐籥乎?玄牡之門是謂天地根。天地所以能長且久者,以其不自生,故能長生。生而不有,為而不恃,長而不宰,是謂玄德。執古之道,以御今之有。能知古始,是謂道紀。萬物并作,吾以觀其復。功成事遂,百姓皆謂我自然。絕聖棄智,民利百倍。孔德之容,惟道是從。以閱眾甫,吾何以知眾甫之然哉?曲則全,謂曲己以應務則全也;枉則直,謂枉己以伸人則直也。窪則盈,謂執謙則常盈也;弊則新,謂守弊薄則日新也。少則得,謂抱一不離則無失也;多則惑,謂有為多門則惑亂也。是以聖人抱一為天下式。希言自然者,謂因言悟道,不滯於言,合自然也。有物混成,先天地生,寂兮寥兮,獨立而不改,周行而不殆。吾不知其名,字之曰道,強為之名曰大。域中有四大,王居其一。謂王者人靈之主,萬物系其興亡也。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。重為輕根,靜為躁君。善行無轍跡,謂體了真性行無行相,則必與道宜也。善言無瑕謫,謂遣象求意,理證心忘也。善計不用籌算,謂一以貫之,不生他見也。善閉無關楗而不可開,謂心無逐境之迷,境無起心之累也。善結無繩約而不可解,謂心與道合,雖無約束,其不可解也。是以聖人常善救人,故無棄人,常善救物,故無棄物,是謂襲明。知其雄,守其雌;知其白,守其黑;知其榮,守其辱;謂含德內融則復歸于樸,常德聽用則散而為器。既涉形器,必有精粗。聖人用之,則為群材之官長矣。故大制不割,謂聖人用道大制群生。萬物不謝,于自然曾不割傷也。道之在天下,猶川谷之于江海。死而不亡者壽,謂死者分理之終,亡者夭折之數。壽者一期之盡,夫知足力行者,得天常地,死而不亡,是一期之盡,可謂壽矣。執大象,天下往。往而不害,安于太平。化而欲作,吾將鎮之無名之樸。謂道也。失道而後德,失德而後仁,失仁而後義,失義而後禮,天下之物生于有,有生于無,明道若昧,進道若退,夷道若類。上德若谷,謂虛沿而容物也。大白若辱,謂能潔而含垢也。廣德若不足,謂大成而執謙也,建德若渝,謂立功而不炫也。體真若渝,謂淳一而和光也。大方無隅,謂不小立圭角也,大器晚成,謂且無近功也。大音希聲,謂不飾小說也。大象無形,謂能應萬類也。道隱無名,謂功用不彰也。道生一,一生二,二生三,三生萬物,萬物負陰而抱陽,沖氣以為和。為道日損,損之又損,以至無為。故塞其兌,閉其門,終身不勤也,謂不縱六根愛悅,則禍患之門閉矣,終身不勤勞也。開其兌,濟其事,終身不救,謂開縱視聽,以成其授悅之事,故有禍患不救也。尾簜自殃,是謂襲常,謂不為身災,是謂密用真常之道也。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知。所以言者以音相聞,譬如知音者,識音以弦,心知其音,口不能傳道。深微妙知者,不言也。太上曰知者不言,言能以救物。
又曰:上士學道,授之以神,中士授之以心,下士授之以耳。以神聽者通無形,以心聽者知內情,以耳聽者聞外聲。
又曰:知者不言,言者不知,故聖人云:「我無為而民自化,我無事而民自富,我好靜而民自正,我無欲而民自樸。」修之於身,天下自化。深根固蒂,長生久視之道。以道蒞天下,其鬼不神,道者萬物之奧,為者敗之,執者失之,是以聖人無為故無敗,無執故無失。

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