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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"]

58 道德經:
其政悶悶,其民淳淳;其政察察,其民缺缺。禍兮福之所倚,福兮禍之所伏。孰知其極?其無正。正復為奇,善復為妖。人之迷,其日固久。是以聖人方而不割,廉而不劌,直而不肆,光而不燿。
Dao De Jing:
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The government that seems the most unwise,
Oft goodness to the people best supplies;
That which is meddling, touching everything,
Will work but ill, and disappointment bring.

Misery! - happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness! - misery lurks beneath it! Who knows what either will come to in the end?
Shall we then dispense with correction? The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil. The delusion of the people (on this point) has indeed subsisted for a long time.
Therefore the sage is (like) a square which cuts no one (with its angles); (like) a corner which injures no one (with its sharpness). He is straightforward, but allows himself no license; he is bright, but does not dazzle.

文子 - Wenzi

[Eastern Han - Jin] 212-231
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[Also known as: 《通玄真經》]

上禮

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8 上禮:
老子曰:酆水之深十仞而不受塵垢,金石在中,形見於外,非不深且清也,魚鱉蛟龍莫之歸也。石上不生五穀,秀山不遊麋鹿,無所蔭蔽也。故為政以苛為察,以切為明,以刻下為忠,以計多為功,如此者譬猶廣革者也,大敗大裂之道也,其政悶悶,其民淳淳,其政察察,其民缺缺。

老子河上公章句 - Heshanggong Laozi

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德經

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順化

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1 順化:
其政悶悶,其政教寬大,悶悶昧昧,似若不明也。其民醇醇,政教寬大,故民醇醇富厚,相親睦也。其政察察,其政教急疾,言決於口,聽決於耳也。其民缺缺。政教急疾。民不聊生。故缺缺日以踈薄。禍兮福所倚,倚,因也。夫福因禍而生,人遭禍而能悔過責己,修道行善,則禍去福來。福兮禍所伏。禍伏匿於福中,人得福而為驕恣,則福去禍來。孰知其極,禍福更相生,誰能知其窮極時。其無正,無,不也。謂人君不正其身,其無國也。正復為奇,奇,詐也。人君不正,下雖正,復化上為詐也。善復為訞。善人皆復化上為訞祥也。人之迷,其日固久。言人君迷惑失正以來,其日已固久。是以聖人方而不割,聖人行方正者,欲以率下,不以割截人也。廉而不害,聖人廉清,欲以化民,不以傷害人也。今則不然,正己以害人也。直而不肆,肆,申也。聖人雖直,曲己從人,不自申也。光而不曜。聖人雖有獨見之明,當如闇昧,不以曜亂人也。

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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51 道應訓:
灃水之深千仞,而不受塵垢,投金鐵針焉,則形見於外。非不深且清也,魚鱉龍蛇莫之肯歸也。是故石上不生五穀,禿山不遊麋鹿,無所陰蔽隱也。昔趙文子問于叔向曰:「晉六將軍,其孰先亡乎?」對曰:「中行、知氏。」文子曰:「何乎?」對曰:「其為政也,以苛以察,以切為明,以刻下為忠,以計多為功,譬之猶廓革者也。廓之,大則大矣,裂之道也。」故老子曰:「其政悶悶,其民純純,其政察察,其民缺缺。」

漢代之後 - Post-Han

隋唐 - Sui-Tang

群書治要

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卷三十四

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老子

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德經

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16 德經:
其政悶悶,其政教寬大,悶悶昧昧,似若不明也。其民醇醇,政教寬大,故民醇醇,富厚,相親睦也。其政察察,其政教急疾,言决於口,聽决於耳。其民缺缺,民不聊生,故缺缺,日以疏薄。禍兮,福之所倚,倚,因,夫福因禍而生,人遭禍而能悔過責己,修善行道,則禍去福來。福兮,禍之所伏,禍伏匿於福中,人得福而為驕恣,則福去禍來。孰知其極。禍福更相生,無知其窮極時也。

通典

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刑法三

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刑制下

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85 刑制下:
原夫先王之制刑也,本於愛人求理,非徒害人作威。往古朴淳,事簡刑省。唐、虞及於三代刑制,其略可知。令王則輕,虐后遂重。於善也,則云「罰不及嗣」;其不善也,乃云「罪人以族」。斯則前賢臧否之辨歟?秦法苛峻,天下潰叛。漢祖蠲除,約定三章,大辟之罪猶誅三族。孝文雖罷肉刑,新垣亦罹斯酷。其後顏異陷反唇棄市,楊惲坐諷議腰斬。洎乎曹、馬經綸之際,忤者三族皆夷。後魏有門房之誅。歷代蓋治時少,罕遇輕刑;亂時久,多遭刑重。國家子育萬姓,輕簡刑章,徵之前代,未有其比。所以幽陵之盜西軼,犬戎之寇東侵,京師傾陷,皇輿巡狩,億兆戮力,大憝旋殲。自海內興戎,今以累紀,征繕未減,杼軸屢空,蒸庶無離怨心者,寔由刑輕之故。或曰:「荀卿有言,代治則刑重,代亂則刑輕。所以治者,乃刑重。所以亂者,乃刑輕。欲求于治,必用重典。」斯乃一端偏見,諒非適時通論也。夫刑之輕重利害,已粗言之矣。夫「刑者,成也。一成而不可變,故君子盡心焉」。謂之「君子」,則曰賢人;欲求賢人,固不易得。矧天下數百千郡縣,豈得眾多君子乎?佑以為條章嚴繁,雖決斷必中,似不及條章輕簡,而決斷時漏。故老氏云:「其政悶悶,其人淳淳;政教寬大悶昧,似若不明,則人淳淳然而質朴。其政察察,其人缺缺。政教苛察,人則應之缺缺然而凋弊。」又語曰:「寧失不經。」仁惻之旨也。

意林

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卷一

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道德經二卷

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25 道德經二... :
其政悶悶,音門。政教寛大。悶悶,昧昧似不明。其民淳淳;淳淳,親厚。其政察察,政急疾,言決于口,聽決于身。其民缺缺。民不聊生。缺缺,日以疎薄也。直而不肆,肆,申也。聖人雖直,曲己從人,不自申。光而不耀。雖有獨見之明,如暗昧不炫耀。

宋明 - Song-Ming

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治道部五

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治政三

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3 治政三:
《老子》曰:其政悶悶,其民淳淳;其政察察,其民缺缺。

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