Interpretation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching

Chapter 8

[Forever and ever.The reason why heaven and earth can last forever is because they do not grow by themselves,]

Yan Kejun said: "long-term ones", He Shang and Wang Bi have the word "he" under "long".

Qian's case: Fu and Fan Ben are the same.The Suizhou stele is written as "the world is long".And "everyday and forever", there is this saying in Gaigu, and it is quoted and explained.

[So it can last for a long time. 】

Qian's case: the obliteration of the stele with the word "Gu" is unknown. "Longevity", each book is "Longevity".Yan Kejun said: "The Xingzhou version edited by Wang Shicui is the same as this. The stone pillars in Yizhou and Heshang, and Wang Bi's "Longevity" is not true." In addition, the Dunhuang version and the Jin Ji Zhanyi Taiji theory are both cited as "long-term".This "jiu" character is borrowed as "you", which is slightly different from the previous two "jiu" characters.Liezi Tianrui article: "Spirituality lasts forever; Dao advances almost to the beginning." Note: "Assuming it exists." Therefore, it can last for a long time, that is, it can last forever.

[It is the sage who is behind his body to be the first, and who is outside his body to survive. 】

The case of modesty: Du Guangting did not have these two sentences.Han Shi Wai Zhuan quotes "So Lao Tzu said, 'After the body, the body is the first, and the body is outside the body'", which is the same as all the books.

[Because of its selflessness, it can become its own selfishness. 】

Yan Kejun said: "Because of his selflessness", Shi Wenyin Heshang is the same.In Yuzhu and Wang Bi's "Yi", there is the word "fei", and at the end of Wang Bi's sentence, there is the word "xie".

The case of modesty: Chen Bixu said: "He Shanggong and Yan Junping's book is 'for its selflessness', and Wang Bi's ancient book: 'is it not for its selflessness?'" Chen saw that Yan's book is the same as this stone.Wang Guben, Fu Ben and Zhunnan Dao Yingxun quoted the same.Guangming, Qingyang, Louzheng, Gao Sui, Fan Yingyuan, and Muromachi banknotes are the same as the present Wang.The Suizhou stele is also written as "this one has no corpse, so it can become a corpse".The strong book is Cheng Shu: "The corpse, the master,... the one who becomes his corpse is also a saint."Case "private" as "corpse", not also.Notes on "Corpse Interpretation" in the Fangshu Biography of the Later Han Dynasty: "The words will ascend to the immortals, and they will be pretended to be corpses to dissolve them."

[Phonetic Rhyme] Jiang's rhyme in this chapter has no rhyme.Yao Wentian: Xian, Cunyun, Xi Tong Tong.Chen Zhu Sheng, Sheng rhyme, first, save, private rhyme. The sound change of the word "private" is the same as "xian", just like "xishi" is also called "xianshi".Qian's case: "Sheng" in "Longevity", Dun, Jing, and Sui are all written as "Changjiu", and this chapter is known as Jiu, Jiu, and Jiu are rhymes, and Sheng and Sheng have no rhyme.In addition, the "sheng" of "not self-generated" enters the Ministry of Geng, and is in harmony with the characters of "first" and "store" in the Ministry of Wen. This is the rhyme of Wen and Geng.

The Youjinglong stele version has 46 characters, the Dunhuang version has the same characters, and the He, Wang, Fu, and model versions have 49 characters.He Shang's title is "The Seventh Chapter of Tao Guang", Wang Bi's title is "Seven Chapters", and Fan Yingyuan's title is "Eternal and Everlasting Chapter Seven".

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