Laozi · Daodejing · 第十七章
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功成事遂，而百姓皆謂我自然
When the work is complete, the people all say, “We are so of ourselves.”
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太上下知有之；
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荀子 · 富國篇第十而百姓皆傷力，緩不後時，事成功立，上下俱富；而百姓皆愛其上，人歸之如流水，親之歡如父母，為之出死斷亡而不愉者，
荀子 · 議兵篇第十五而百姓皆故辟門除涂以迎吾入，因其民，襲其處，而百姓皆安，立法施令莫不順比。是故得地而權彌重，兼人而兵俞強，是以德兼人者也。非貴我名聲也，
老子 · 第二十三章焉有不信得之，同於失者、失亦樂得之。信不足，焉有不信（焉）。
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論語 · Read the relationship between clauses學而時習之論語 · Read the relationship between clauses本立而道生論語 · Track speakers and addressees吾日三省吾身論語 · Read the relationship between clauses七十而從心所欲，不踰矩Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 老子 · Laozi · Daodejing
- Attribution
- Traditionally attributed to Laozi; composition and textual history are debated.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0057 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0057_017.txt, lines 14–22. LAO 17.1; tr. D.C. Lau 19i2: 25; here tr. Karlgren 1975
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