老子解
萬物作焉

萬物作焉

萬物作焉

是以不去,此言人不可爭先自滿。爭先,徑路機關最惡,故任萬物作之先,而我不爲之始。自古起兵動衆,剏始者多不成功,可鑒也。然自我生之、爲之、成之,卽自我有之、恃之、居之,亦足以召禍而賈辱。旣戒爭先,又戒自滿,而名卒歸之,可以深長思矣。

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