附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of the legend of Lao Tan / A.C. Graham -- The Lao-tzu myth / Livia Kohn -- Lao-tzu in Six Dynasties Taoist sculpture / Yoshiko Kamitsuka -- A tale of two commentaries : Ho-shang-kung and Wang Pi on the Lao-tzu / Alan K.L. Chan -- Later commentaries : textual polysemy and syncretistic interpretations / Isabelle Robinet -- The Tao-te-ching in ritual / Livia Kohn -- Influential Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching / Julia M. Hardy -- The thought of the Tao-te-ching / Benjamin Schwartz -- Naturalness (Tzu-jan), the core value in Taoism : its ancient meaning and its significance today / Liu Xiaogan -- Situating the language of the Lao-tzu : the probable date of the Tao-te-ching / William H. Baxter -- Recovering the Tao-te-ching's original meaning : some remarks on historical hermeneutics / Michael LaFargue -- On translating the Tao-te-ching / Michael LaFargue and Julian Pas.
摘要:Examines the traditional and modern Western interpretations of the Tao-te-ching, and its author, Lao-tzu.