老子義疏
第二法說用彰謙退

第二法說用彰謙退

第二法說用彰謙退

是以聖人欲上人,以其言下之,欲令一切衆生居已之上,以言貌柔和,恒自謙下。欲先人,以其身後之。欲令衆生在已先度。以退身居物之後。故經云:一切未得度,我常不有望。前則䖏

下而反髙,此則守退而翻進也。是以䖏上而民不重,聖人恬浚無為,少思寡欲,故䖏民之上為君,而使輕徭薄賦,無重勞也。又觧云:聖人恩覃扵萬物,故百姓荷戴而不辭也。䖏前而民不害。䖏物之前而為君主,遂使民歌擊壤,字內清夷,利物弘多,而無損害。又觧云:聖德遐曠,百姓樂推,懷荷恩津,豈敢傷害?

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