“There Are Four Greats in the Realm”: Looking at the Evolution of the Laozi Text with Respect to Different Orderings of the “Four Greats”

IF 0.4 3区哲学 0 ASIAN STUDIES

CONTEMPORARY CHINESE THOUGHT Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI:10.1080/10971467.2017.1451092

C. Jing

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Abstract

EDITOR’S ABSTRACT This paper discusses the two different versions of section 25 of the received Laozi concerning the “four greats in the realm,” one beginning with “the Way is great” and the other with “heaven is great.” While both can be textually supported, this paper argues that the latter is not an error, but rather belongs to an early version of the Laozi. The transmitted edition, however, begins with “the Way is great,” which shows that this version ultimately won out over the former. This paper examines the Han dynasty Laozi commentaries showing the influence of Han dynasty cosmogonies on the ultimate success of the order prioritizing the Way in the transmitted edition.

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“境界有四大”：从“四大”的不同顺序看老子文本的演变

摘要本文讨论了《老子》第二十五节关于“天下四大”的两个不同版本，一个以“道大”开头，另一个以“天大”开头。虽然这两种说法都有文本支持，但本文认为后者不是错误的，而是属于《老子》的早期版本。然而，传送的版本以“道路是伟大的”开头，这表明这个版本最终胜过了前一个版本。本文通过对汉代《老子》评注的考察，揭示了汉代宇宙论对传译版中“以道为先”秩序最终成功的影响。

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