The Annotated Critical Laozi: With Contemporary Explication and Traditional Commentary

Contents
Terms
Texts (Classic and early versions of the Laozi)
Translator’s Introduction
Introduction The Formation and Development of Laozi’s Philosophy
	1 The Many Meanings of “Dao”
		1.1 The Dao as Ultimate True Existence
			1.1.1 Description of the Substance of the Dao
			1.1.2 The Generation of the Cosmos
		1.2 Dao as Patterns of Regularity
			1.2.1 Patterns of Transformation between Opposites
			1.2.2 Patterns of Cyclicality
		1.3 The Dao as a Standard of Human Living
	2 The Uses of the Term “Dao”
	3 Self-Soand Non-Action,Emptiness and Tranquility, Softness and Weakness
		3.1 Self-Soand Non-Action
		3.2 Emptiness and Tranquility
		3.3 Softness and Not Contending
	4 Summary and Criticism
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Ten
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Thirteen
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Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-Eight
Thirty-Nine
Forty
Forty-One
Forty-Two
Forty-Three
Forty-Four
Forty-Five
Forty-Six
Forty-Seven
Forty-Eight
Forty-Nine
Fifty
Fifty-One
Fifty-Two
Fifty-Three
Fifty-Four
Fifty-Five
Fifty-Six
Fifty-Seven
Fifty-Eight
Fifty-Nine
Sixty
Sixty-One
Sixty-Two
Sixty-Three
Sixty-Four
Sixty-Five
Sixty-Six
Sixty-Seven
Sixty-Eight
Sixty-Nine
Seventy
Seventy-One
Seventy-Two
Seventy-Three
Seventy-Four
Seventy-Five
Seventy-Six
Seventy-Seven
Seventy-Eight
Seventy-Nine
Eighty
Eighty-One
Appendix Major Commentators on the Laozi
Index