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LAOZI'S DAO DE JING

Laozi's Dao De Jing
    BY: Nina
    Guodian Laozi
    DDJ Concordance
    Comparisons
    From the DIO Forum
    BY: Bao Pu
    By: Joshua
    Who was Laozi

BY: Nina contains translations with commentaries of Laozi's Dao De Jing by Nina Correa.

Guodian Laozi contains actual photographs of the bamboo slips found of the Dao De Jing in the tomb at Guodian. Along side each primitive Chinese character appears the Traditional and Simplified characters, the pinyin and wade/giles spellings, and an English definition.

DDJ Concordance alphabetically lists (by PinYin) all the Chinese characters used in: Wang Bi, HeShang Gong, Mawangdui A & B, Guodian and Your Dao De Jing, with references to where each character can be found by Chapter number and Position in the text.

Comparisons provides access to downloadable PDF files containing Comparison Charts for the Chinese characters used in the Wang Bi, HeShang Gong, Mawangdui A and B, Guodian and Your Dao De Jing texts.

From the DIO Forum contains interpretations of various chapters contributed by the members of the Dao Is Open Discussion Forum.

BY: Bao Pu contains Bao Pu's translations and commentaries of some chapters.

BY: Joshua contains Joshua Sellers' translations and commentaries of some chapters.

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Also: Check the "Links" section of this site for more translations of the Dao De Jing.