The Classic of Way and her power: a Miscellany? is a study of the
profound and influential philosophical writing from early China,
traditionally attributed to Lao-zi, the first Daoist thinker. This
study provides a translation of the work, but concentrates on
analysis. It offers an interpretation of why the traditional work
appears to lack order, suggesting that it began as a set of
twenty-five philosophical poems by Lao-zi, tightly arranged
according to an unusual and unmarked principle of order, and then
was added to by later figures in the Daoist tradition who obscured
the original order by inserting their passages here and there in
the extant text according to a quite different principle of order.
Some of these later contributions are in keeping with Lao-zi's
thought and style, while others are at odds in form (prose) and
content (shallow) with his poems and their profound insights. This
study also offers a commentary by the author, a philosopher, who
seeks especially to bring out Lao-zi's unique insights and to
distinguish them from the thoughts being expressed by others in the
remainder of the traditional work.
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