Laozi · Daodejing · 第四十一章
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上士聞道，
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荀子 · 天論篇第十七足以為道百王之無變，足以為道貫。一廢一起，應之以貫，理貫不亂。不知貫，不知應變，貫之大體未嘗亡也。亂生其差，治盡
莊子 · 則陽第二十五若存若亡曰：「知遊心於无窮，而反在通達之國，若存若亡乎？」
論語 · 憲問篇第十四不足以為子曰：「士而懷居，士@shì不足以為士矣。」
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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
- Contributors
- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0057_041.txt, lines 14–21. LAO 41.1; tr. D.C. Lau 19i2: 61; here tr. Karlgren 1975
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