Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Wang Bi Recension of the Laozi
Introduction The Problem Wang Bi's Original Recension of the Laozi Superimposition The Division into zhang and pian Conclusion Appendix A: Differences between Wang Bi Laozi Receptus and Laozi Text Used in Wang Bi Commentary Appendix B: Differences between Wang Bi Laozi Receptus and Places Where Fan Yingyuan's Laozi Daode jing guben jizhu Comments That Wang Bi's Manuscript Coincided with the "Old Manuscript[s]"
2. Patronage and the Transmission of the Wang Bi Commentary: Foundations for a Critical Edition
The ProblemA History of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi: the Evidence Conclusions
3. Wang Bi: "The Structure of the Laozi's Subtle Pointers," Laozi weizhi lueli, a Philological Study and Translation Together with the Text
Introduction The Authenticity of the Laozi weizhi lueli (LZWLL) Wang Bi's LZWLL and the Transmitted Text The Genre of the LZWLL The Laozi's Structure according to the LZWLL The Basis for the Edition of the Text Wang Bi: The Structure of the Laozi's Pointers
4. A Reconstruction and Critical Edition of the Laozi Text Used by Wang Bi; a Reconstruction and Critical Edition of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi; an Extrapolative Translation of the Laozi through Wang Bi's Commentary; and a Translation of Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi
A Note on the Edition A Note on the Extrapolative Translation A Note on the Previous Translations Wang Bi, Commentary on the Laozi
Notes
Bibliography
Index
