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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"]

25 道德經:
有物混成,先天地生。寂兮寥兮,獨立不改,周行而不殆,可以為天下母。吾不知其名,字之曰道,強為之名曰大。大曰逝,逝曰遠,遠曰反。故道大,天大,地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。
Dao De Jing:
(Representations of the mystery)
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.
I do not know its name, and I give it the designation of the Dao (the Way or Course). Making an effort (further) to give it a name I call it The Great.
Great, it passes on (in constant flow). Passing on, it becomes remote. Having become remote, it returns. Therefore the Dao is great; Heaven is great; Earth is great; and the (sage) king is also great. In the universe there are four that are great, and the (sage) king is one of them.
Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Dao. The law of the Dao is its being what it is.

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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道經

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象元

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1 象元:
有物混成,先天地生。謂道無形,混沌而成萬物,乃在天地之前。寂兮寥兮,獨立而不改,寂者,無音聲。寥者,空無形。獨立者,無匹雙。不改者,化有常。周行而不殆,道通行天地,無所不入,在陽不焦,託蔭不腐,無不貫穿,而不危怠也。可以為天下母。道育養萬物精氣,如母之養子。吾不知其名,字之曰道,我不見道之形容,不知當何以名之,見萬物皆從道所生,故字之曰道。強為之名曰大。不知其名,強曰大者,高而無上,羅而無外,無不包容,故曰大也。大曰逝,其為大,非若天常在上,非若地常在下,乃復逝去,無常處所也。逝曰遠,言遠者,窮乎無窮,布氣天地,無所不通也。遠曰反。言其遠不越絕,乃復反在人身也。故道大,天大,地大,王亦大。道大者,包羅天地,無所不容也。天大者,無所不蓋也。地大者,無所不載也。王大者,無所不制也。域中有四大,四大,道、天、地、王也。凡有稱有名,則非其極也。言道則有所由,有所由然後謂之為道,然則是道稱中之大也,不若無稱之大也,無稱不可而得為名,曰域也。天地王皆在乎無稱之內也,故曰域中有四大者也。而王居其一焉。八極之內有四大,王居其一也。人法地,人當法地安靜和柔也,種之得五穀,掘之得甘泉,勞而不怨也,有功而不置也。地法天,天澹泊不動,施而不求報,生長萬物,無所收取。天法道,道清靜不言,陰行精氣,萬物自成也。道法自然。道性自然,無所法也。

雜家 - Miscellaneous Schools

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淮南子 - Huainanzi

[Western Han (206 BC - 9)]
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道應訓

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13 道應訓:
甯越欲幹齊桓公,困窮無以自達,於是為商旅,將任車,以商于齊,暮宿于郭門之外。桓公郊迎客,夜開門,辟任車,爝火甚盛,從者甚眾,甯越飯牛車下,望見桓公而悲。擊牛角而疾商歌。桓公聞之,撫其仆之手曰:「異哉!歌者非常人也。」命後車載之。桓公及至,從者以請。桓公贛之衣冠而見,說以為天下。桓公大說,將任之。君臣爭之曰:「客,衛人也。衛之去齊不遠,君不若使人問之。問之而故賢者也,用之未晚。」桓公曰:「不然。問之,患其有小惡也。以人之小惡而忘人之大美,此人主之所以失天下之士也。」凡聽必有驗,一聽而弗複問,合其所以也。且人固難合也,權而用其長者而已矣。當是舉也,桓公得之矣。故老子曰:「天大、地大、道大、王亦大,域中有四大,而王處其一焉。」以言其能包裹之也。

字書 - Etymology

說文解字 - Shuo Wen Jie Zi

[Eastern Han] 100-121 Xu Shen
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[Also known as: 《說文》]

卷十一

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大部

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6562 大部:
大:天大,地大,人亦大。故大象人形。古文大(他達切)也。凡大之屬皆从大。

出土文獻 - Excavated texts

郭店 - Guodian

老子甲 - Laozi A

11 老子甲:
有狀混成,先天地生,清寥,獨立不亥,可以為天下母。未知其名,字之曰道,吾強為之名曰大。大曰折,折曰轉,轉曰返。天大,地大,道大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。

馬王堆 - Mawangdui

老子乙 - Laozi B

老子乙道經

25 老子乙道... :
有物昆成,先天地生。蕭呵漻呵,獨立而不改,可以為天地母。吾未知其名也,字之曰道,吾強為之名曰大。大曰筮,筮曰遠,遠曰反。道大,天大,地大,王亦大。國中有四大,而王居一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

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卷三十四

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老子

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道經

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11 道經:
道大,道大者,無不容也。天大,地大,王亦大,天大者,無不蓋,地大者,無不載;王大者,無不制。域中有四大,而王居其一焉。八極之內有四大,王居其一也。人法地,人當法地,安静和柔也。勞而不怨,有功而不宣。地法天,施而不求報,生長萬物,無所收取。天法道,清静不言,萬物自成。道法自然。道性自然,無所法也。

宋明 - Song-Ming

太平御覽

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天部二

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天部下

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1 天部下:
《老子》曰:天得一以清。天無以清,將恐裂。
又曰:域中有四大:道大,天大,地大,王亦大。

皇王部一

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敘皇王上

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37 敘皇王上:
《老子》曰:聖人處無為之事,行不言之教,萬物作而不辭,生而不有,為而不恃,功成而不居。夫惟不居,是以不去。
又曰:不尚賢,使民不爭;不貴難得之貨,使民不為盜;不見可欲,使心不亂。是以聖人之治,虛其心,實其腹,弱其志,強其骨,常使民無知無欲。使夫知者不敢為也。無為,則無不治也。
又曰:道大、天大、地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一。
又曰:聖人無常心,以百姓心為心:善者,吾善之;不善者,吾亦善之,得善矣!信者,吾信之;不信者,吾亦信之,得信矣!聖人在,天下歙然。為天下渾其心,百姓皆注其耳目,聖人皆孩之。
又曰:聖人之言云:「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。」
又曰:聖人執左契而不責於人,故有德司契,無德司撤。聖人之心,與百姓心猶左右契耳。契來則和,故上下相親,怨用不作,后世不能,執左契以應物,而守常轍以軌民,用此來和,必有餘怨矣。
又曰:江海所以能為百谷王者,以其善下之也。是以聖人欲上人也,必以其言下之;欲先人也,必以其身後之。故處上弗害,是以天下樂推而不厭也。

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