Laozi's Interpretation

Author: Zhu Qianzhi
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Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: The Collected Works of Laozi is a reprint based on the 1958 edition of Longmen United Bookstore. The New Collection of the Masters of the Hundred Schools is a systematic review of the works of the Hundred Schools after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Compared to the Collected Works of the Hundred Schools published during the Republican era, the later edition is more refined and is currently the best ancient philosophical resource. The New Collection of the Masters of the Hundred Schools is a systematic review of the works of the Hundred Schools after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Compared to the Collected Works of the Hundred Schools published during the Republican era, the later edition is more refined and is currently the best ancient philosophical resource. This book primarily uses the stone inscriptions of the Tao Te Ching from Longxing Temple in Yizhou during the second year of the Jinglong era (708 AD) and references over 100 editions, including stone copies, Dunhuang manuscripts, old handwritten copies, lost copies, and the Zhengtong Dao Zang editions, for collation. This book is a reprint based on the 1958 edition of Longmen United Bookstore. The entire work will be published in two volumes.
The first volume includes the same works as the old Collected Works of the Hundred Schools and is frequently read or consulted by researchers. Each work selects the best available annotated edition to date. For a very few works without annotations, separate annotations will be provided. Some books include multiple annotated editions, each with its own strengths. To maintain consistency in style, except for a few exceptions, only annotated editions written in classical or semi-classical Chinese are included. The main text and annotations of each book are uniformly punctuated with modern punctuation marks, and printing or engraving errors are corrected.
The second volume includes works outside the scope of the first volume. Most of these works lack modern annotations, and where necessary, annotations should be added. For the rest, better versions will be selected for collation. Many of the works in this volume are incomplete or fragmented. During the collation process, different situations are distinguished: some select existing collated editions, while others require supplementary or re-collation. Some works in the Hundred Schools are apocryphal or suspected of being forgeries. Works that were produced earlier, had a certain historical impact, and still have some reference value for studying certain issues will be selectively included.