Laozi
Heshang Gong's Commentary on the Laozi
Critical edition
Heshang Gong's Commentary on the Laozi
老子河上公章句
A reading of the Daodejing oriented towards bodily cultivation and government: each chapter receives a title and a gloss linking the preservation of vital energy with the art of ruling. It was the most widely read commentary in religious Taoism and the basis of the recension that rivalled Wang Bi's for centuries.
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Authorship note
Attributed to a legendary "Old Man of the Riverbank" said to have instructed Emperor Wen of the Han; in reality an anonymous work of the Later Han, according to the most accepted dating.
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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
- The Mawangdui Laozi (silk copies A and B) · 195
- Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi · 240
- 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
- Kohn, Livia y LaFargue, Michael (eds.). Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching. State University of New York Press, Albany, 1998. Incluye A. C. Graham, «The Origins of the Legend of Lao Tan».
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