Manuscript · Essential works
The Mawangdui Laozi (silk copies A and B)
馬王堆帛書《老子》甲本、乙本
Both copies place the part on Virtue (De) before that on the Way (Dao), lack chapter divisions and present hundreds of variants against Wang Bi's text, many minor and some weighty (such as "the Way is great" instead of "Heaven is great" in chapter 25). Published in 1980 by Wenwu, they formed the basis of Henricks's translation (1989) and revolutionised study of the text.
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Authorship note
Two complete silk copies found in 1973 in Mawangdui tomb 3 (sealed 168 BCE). Copy A, in small seal script, does not avoid the taboo name of the Han founder (Bang) and predates 195 BCE; copy B, in clerical script, avoids it and dates from the following years.
Editions and translations
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English
Lao-Tzu: Te-Tao Ching
Ballantine Books, 1989
Translation: Robert G. Henricks
ISBN 9780345370990
Chino clásico · 文言
Laozi
馬王堆漢墓帛書〔壹〕 (Mawangdui Han mu boshu, vol. 1)
The Conscious Library馬王堆漢墓帛書〔壹〕 (Mawangdui Han mu boshu, vol. 1)
文物出版社 (Wenwu chubanshe), Pekín, 1980
Edición príncipe con fotografías y transcripción.
Other works by Laozi
- Daodejing (Tao Te Ching). The Book of the Way and its Virtue · 300
- The Guodian Laozi (bundles A, B and C) · 300
- Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi · 240
- Heshang Gong's Commentary on the Laozi · 150
- Scripture of Western Ascension · 450
- Scripture of Laozi Converting the Barbarians · 300
- Treatise of the Most High on Action and Response · 1150
- Peking University Laozi (Western Han bamboo slips) · 100
- Scripture of Constant Purity and Stillness · 900
- Scripture of Laozi's Transformations · 185
- Xiang'er Commentary on the Laozi · 200
Sources
- Henricks, Robert G. Lao-Tzu: Te-Tao Ching. A New Translation Based on the Recently Discovered Ma-wang-tui Texts. Ballantine Books, Nueva York, 1989. ISBN 9780345370990.
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