Daodejing

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A short text of about five thousand Chinese characters in two parts, one on the Dao (“way”) and one on de (“virtue” or “power”), in rhythmic, often rhymed lines. Its received form goes back to the commentary of Wang Bi in the third century CE. Older manuscripts have changed the picture: the silk texts from Mawangdui (buried 168 BCE) put the de part first, and the bamboo slips from Guodian contain only part of the material. Key ideas are wu wei (acting without forcing), the value of emptiness and softness, and a ruler who governs with as little intervention as possible. It is one of the most frequently translated books in the world.

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Podjęte w

• Zhuangziok. 290 p.n.e. · Zhuangzi
• Han Feiziok. 235 p.n.e. · Han Fei
• Komentarz do Laoziok. 245 · Wang Bi

Krytykowane w

• Dociekanie Drogi (Yuan Dao)ok. 805 · Han Yu