Lao-tzu's Te-Tao Ching has been treasured for thousands ofyears for its poetic statement of life's most profound andelusive truths. Although the Te-Tao Ching is widely read, theauthor's enigmatic style and the less than perfect conditionof the Chinese originals make many of its brief poems diffi-cult to understand, So readers of fine literature hailed thediscovery, in 1973, of two copies of the Te-Tao Ching whichhad been buried in 168 BC.

Preface

Introduction

 Ⅰ. The Ma-wang-tui Texts

 Ⅱ. The Ma-wang-tui Manuscripts of the Lao-tzu and Other Versions of the Text

 Ⅲ. The Philosophy of Lao-tzu

 A. The Tao

 B. Returning to the Way

 C. Health, Long Life, and Immortality

Part One： Translation

Translator s Note

Te (Virtue)

Tao (The Way)

Part Two： Translation with Text, Commentary, and Notes

Translator's Note

Te (Virtue)

Tao (The Way)

Additional Notes

Bibhography