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昔之得一者， 天得一以清，地得一以寧，神得一以靈，谷得一以盈，萬物得一以生，侯王得一以為天下貞。其致之， 天無以清將恐裂， 地無以寧將恐發，神無以靈將恐歇，谷無以盈將恐竭，萬物無以生將恐滅，侯王無以貴高將恐蹶。故貴以賤為本，高以下為基。是以侯王自稱孤﹑寡﹑不穀。此非以賤為本邪？非乎？故致數輿無輿，不欲琭琭如玉，珞珞如石。

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王弼本·三十九章

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「良知只是個是非之心。是非只是個好惡。只好惡，就盡了是非。只是非，就盡了萬事萬變。」 又曰：「是非兩字是個大規矩，巧處則存乎其人。」

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卷下·第288条

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文學曰：「秦左殽、函，右隴阺，前蜀、漢，後山、河，四塞以為固，金城千里，良將勇士，設利器而守陘隧，墨子守雲梯之械也。以為雖湯、武復生，蚩尤復起，不輕攻也。然戍卒陳勝無將帥之任，師旅之眾，奮空拳而破百萬之師，無墻籬之難。故在德不在固。誠以仁義為阻，道德為塞，賢人為兵，聖人為守，則莫能入。如此則中國無狗吠之警，而邊境無鹿駭狼顧之憂矣。夫何妄行而之乎？」

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卷9·險固第五十·第2则

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三月，丁酉，吐谷渾王諾曷缽遣使請頒歷，行年號，遣子弟入侍；並從之。丁未，以諾曷缽為河源郡王、烏地也拔勤豆可汗。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十年（丙申，公元六三六年）·第5则

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The primary functions are agriculture, manufacture, and transportation. Community life is impossible without them. They hold the world together. Raising things, making things, and earning things are as primitive as human need and yet as modern as anything can be. They are of the essence of physical life. When they cease, community life ceases. Things do get out of shape in this present world under the present system, but we may hope for a betterment if the foundations stand sure. The great delusion is that one may change the foundation--usurp the part of destiny in the social process. The foundations of society are the men and means to _grow_ things, to _make_ things, and to _carry_ things. As long as agriculture, manufacture, and transportation survive, the world can survive any economic or social change. As we serve our jobs we serve the world.

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