右第五章

右第五章

天長地久,天地所以能長且久者,以其不自生,故能長久。

天地不自生者,人本不知,天地自生不生,但見風雨霜露益於世人,亘古至今不息,未見天有自生者,故設詞以訓後人。

是以聖人後其身而身先,外其身而身存,非以其無私耶?故能成其私。

後其身者,儉素絶奢。身失者,勞心身而用治道也。有志於濟人利物。外其身者,以其不豐美其身,使不自安而身存,乃先苦而後樂也。非以其無私,所以爲此而成其己道也,非私者何?

End of chapter

Text and scans: Shidian Guji (Peking University – ByteDance open ancient texts). Edition details are given per book. Shidian Guji

17 / 162
p. 17
Loading…
Tap a character in the text and it is boxed on the scan; tap a box on the scan to locate it in the text. Keys: [ ] turn pages, 1 2 3 switch views.