Laozi · Daodejing · 第三十一章
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夫隹兵者、不祥之器也，
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孟子 · 滕文公下非君子之今有人日攘其鄰之雞者，或告之曰：『是非君子之道。』曰：『請損之，月攘一雞，以待來年然後已。』如知其非義，斯速已矣，何待來年？」
孟子 · 萬章上非君子之孟子曰：「否；此非君子之言，齊東野人之語也。堯老而舜攝也。《堯典》曰：『二十有八載，放勛乃徂落，百姓如喪考妣
韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二則不可以無竅，則不可剖以盛物；而任重如堅石，則不可以剖而以斟，吾無以瓠為也。」
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- 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_031.txt, lines 14–27. LAO 31.1; tr. D.C. Lau 19i2: 47; here tr. Karlgren 1975
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