The Classic of the Way and Virtue
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Lynn’s translation of the Daodejing together with Wang Bi’s commentary, reading the text as Wang Bi did, as a philosophy of nonbeing as the root of all things; the commentary that shaped the received text and its interpretation.
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Laozi. The Classic of the Way and Virtue: A New Translation of the Tao-te ching of Laozi as Interpreted by Wang Bi. Translated by Richard John Lynn. With commentary by Wang Bi. Columbia University Press, New York, 1999.
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“The Classic of the Way and Virtue.” Source. The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society. Last modified November 7, 2026. https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/wang-bi-laozi-lynn.
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