Laozi · Daodejing · 第三十三章
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知人者、智，自知者、明
Knowing others is wisdom; knowing oneself is clarity.
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知人者、智，
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荀子 · 堯問篇第三十二不失其所，舍富而為貧，舍佚而為勞，顏色黎黑而不失其所，是以天下之紀不息、文章不廢也。」
韓非子 · 外儲說左上第三十二而不亡者兵弱於敵，國貧於內，而不亡者，未之有也。伐之不亦可乎？」主父曰：「善。」舉兵而伐中山，遂滅也。
孟子 · 告子下而不亡者、父子、兄弟終去仁義，懷利以相接，然而不亡者，未之有也。
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論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading巧言令色，鮮矣仁論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading父在，觀其志；父沒，觀其行論語 · Name the one, thing, or situation未若貧而樂道，富而好禮者也論語 · Let parallel clauses constrain a reading道之以政，齊之以刑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_033.txt, lines 14–21. LAO 33.1; tr. D.C. Lau 19i2: 51; here tr. Karlgren 1975
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