Critical edition
Xiang'er Commentary on the Laozi
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The first religious reading of the Daodejing: it turns its maxims into precepts for the community of believers and presents the Dao as a deity manifested in Laozi. It covers chapters 3 to 37 of the received text. Stephen Bokenkamp translated it into English in 1997.
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Authorship note
A commentary of the Celestial Masters church, traditionally attributed to Zhang Daoling or his grandson Zhang Lu (late second century). It survives incomplete in a Dunhuang manuscript (Stein 6825) that also transmits the Laozi text it comments on.
Editions and translations
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English
Early Daoist Scriptures
University of California Press, 1997
Translation: Stephen R. Bokenkamp
ISBN 9780520203228
Ed. rústica 1999, ISBN 9780520219311.
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
- 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
Sources
- Bokenkamp, Stephen R. Early Daoist Scriptures. With a contribution by Peter Nickerson. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1997 (Daoist Classics, 1), ISBN 9780520203228; ed. rústica 1999, ISBN 9780520219311. Incluye la traducción del comentario Xiang'er al Laozi.
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