By Rudolf G. Wagner, Laozi, Wang Bi

Offering the statement of the third-century sage Wang Bi, this e-book presents a chinese language means of examining the Daodejing, one that will shock Western readers.

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3. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 4. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 5. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "䋙 1. ℛ␵એ ᤀ᧎ʃໞ ≟ʃՙʬᄑሦ ʃ՝ 2. " " "ʬ " " " "ᮢ " " " " " "ᮢ≟ " " 3. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 4. " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 5. 䋙 " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " Patronage and the Transmission of the Wang Bi Commentary 37 commentaries by Xiang Xiu and Guo Xiang, Zhang’s Commentary is in the tradition of Wang Bi’s Commentary on the Laozi.

7 Wang Bi Laozi Receptus: ␵‫ ר‬૑ टʁ.. Heshang gong: "˫ "ᅠ " ".. Wenzi: "˫ " " ".. : "˫⥅ " ".. Old MSS (Fu and Fan): ԅ " " " " "ᵦ.. Guodian B: ␵ " "䦍 " " ".. Mawangdui A: ␵ " "+ " " ".. Mawangdui B: ␵ " "ᑝ " "߆.. Zhuangzi 26/11/14f: ԅ " "⥅ " ".. Huainanzi 12/109/18: ᣰ " " " " ".. ␵‫ ⥅ ר‬टʁ "˫ "ᅠ " " ໽˫༎ " " 53 ‫˫ר‬૑ " " ԅ ␵ ॉ " ԅ " " " " " " " "劙 "૑ " " " " ᣰ " " " " " " " " "ᵦ " " " " " " " " The Wang Bi Laozi read ԅ‫⥅˫ר‬टʁ . . ԅ‫˫ר‬૑टʁ. The sequence of the phrases in the Wang Bi Laozi Receptus is that of the Heshang gong version, while the commentary has been left in its original order.

The statement by Zhenzong therefore dethroned the Tang Emperor Xuanzong’s Commentary as the guiding light for reading this text and temporarily established the Wang Bi Commentary in its place. This palace edition of 994 was probably the first monograph edition of Wang Bi’s Commentary published under the Song. The Wang Bi Laozi zhu ≘ઈ⥘ mentioned in the Songshi book catalogue might refer to this edition in the Imperial Library. The title in the Songshi rejects the more fanciful titles that the Laozi had received during the Tang dynasty and restored Wang Bi’s Commentary to the name it had in pre-Tang and early-Tang texts.

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