Lao-Tzu: Te-Tao Ching by Robert G. Henricks

Author:Robert G. Henricks [Henricks, Robert G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2010-11-23T23:00:00+00:00

In Text A, lines 7 and 8 are reversed. Also, the “whole” or “everyone” (chieh) in line 9 is omitted in Text A (as it is in the standard text): it just has “the world” (t’ien-hsia).

The standard text omits the words “the Sage’s” (sheng-jen chih) from line 3 and thus would read, “Therefore, if one desires to be above the people.” On the other hand, the standard text does say that it is the Sage who “dwells above,” and so on, in lines 7 and 8: “Thus the Sage dwells above, yet the people do not regard him as heavy.” An impressive number of texts agree with the Ma-wang-tui texts on these points and do not accord with the standard edition.

In the standard text, lines 10 and 11 form a statement instead of a question. They read, “Because he does not contend, Therefore, no one in the world can contend with him.”

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