The Guodian tomb text (300 B.C.) of chapter 5 of the Dao De Jing only contains the core of the chapter as we now know it. And doesn't contain the initial...
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Thomas
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Nov 1, 2000 5:05 pm
DDJ 16 is another example of a core proto-chapter in the Guodian text, that only includes lines 1-6 of the 18 lines of the chapter of the final DDJ: Guodian...
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Douglas Henderson
kueikutzu@...
Nov 1, 2000 6:20 pm
Quick question before a more involved reading and discussion. What do you mean when you say that 90% of the texts were kept in China, and what is your source...
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Wulf Dieterich
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Nov 1, 2000 9:43 pm
Thomas- is it possible for you to give the chinese characters of #5 and #16 - guodian text? ... -- Websites Wulf Dieterich:...
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Thomas
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Nov 1, 2000 11:59 pm
... De : "Wulf Dieterich" <wulf.dieterich@...> ... #16 - ... It's in BIG-5, so you need to have downloaded *traditional* Chinese fonts from Microsoft,...
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Thomas
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Nov 2, 2000 7:14 am
... De : "Douglas Henderson" <kueikutzu@...> ... It's in Henricks p.5: "Of the more than 800 slips found in the tomb, 730 slips have writing on them,...
Another incomplete Guodian chapter with only the 7 first verses (out of the 26 of the final version): "Eliminate learning and you will have no distress. ...
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Thomas
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Nov 2, 2000 12:28 pm
Another partial chapter in the Guodian text. #52 only has the central lines 5-10: "Close the gates Block the holes And to the end of your days you will not...
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mo4@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:35 pm
Thank you, everyone (especially Thomas), for the GuoDian Chu postings. I am especially interested in those on DDJ16. I wish to question one of Thomas's...
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mo4@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:48 pm
Interesting points, Thomas, but... KongZi made it clear that there are two types of wise men: 1. The scholar who is active and has fun. 2. The hermit who is...
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Thomas
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Nov 2, 2000 1:30 pm
#63: the sandwich-splicing technique. The Guodian has 6 verses that were split in two and filled with 9 other verses in-between in the final version. So DDJ 63...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:54 pm
... De : <mo4@...> ΐ> I would remind all that Henricks points out that it is just as ... Yes I know Henricks writes that the possibility exists...
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Thomas
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Nov 2, 2000 2:02 pm
... Correction: it's the splicing of chapter *63*....
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Douglas Henderson
kueikutzu@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:58 pm
... A discussion on this is what I hoped to spark with my original question. Merton speaks of the enthusiasm of John CH Wu for his work, but is that...
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Douglas Henderson
kueikutzu@...
Nov 2, 2000 6:07 pm
Just a procedural note. At the moment I am rather more involved with developmental work for the group rather than posting. I expect my posting to increase but...
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Wulf Dieterich
wulf.dieterich@...
Nov 3, 2000 10:40 am
... a wonderful sentence:...a smile is the shortest way of communication between two human beings ... my personal interest is to support all efforts to make it...
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shirotsuru@...
Nov 5, 2000 6:22 pm
... Having been nudged into posting, I submit the following: Contrary to my screename, my given name is Carole. I possess [or does it possess me?] a Ph.D. in...
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Daoist_Text_Symposium...
Nov 6, 2000 4:06 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Daoist_Text_Symposium group. File :...
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Douglas Henderson
kueikutzu@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:07 am
... Daoist_Text_Symposium ... http://www.egroups.com/files/Daoist_Text_Symposium/CompDDJ5+and+16%2Eb mp ... The files is a scanner test of Henricks Guodian...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Nov 6, 2000 5:58 pm
Well, something about myself. I'm a M.D. also born in 1957, and live in Belgium. Philosophy has since long been a great interest of mine. Greek philosophy...
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Mongrel Dog
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Nov 6, 2000 7:14 pm
... Does anyone knowof a site to download a, free copy of the Lieh Tzu? All i can find is quotes pages, nice, but the entire computerised text would be REALY...
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kueikutzu@...
Nov 6, 2000 8:40 pm
... to >get ... Tzu? ... text would ... I don't think it exists on-line. I checked for the Legge translation online at project Guttenberg ...
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Wulf Dieterich
wulf.dieterich@...
Nov 7, 2000 12:16 am
Thank you. I could download the file... and it is viewable... for a shorter download time i have made a website for this: Please go to: ...
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mo4@...
Nov 7, 2000 11:25 am
The DDJ probably travelled along several paths -- lines of oral and/or written transmission -- before snapshots of it were taken by such sources as the GDC,...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Nov 7, 2000 4:28 pm
... De : <mo4@...> ... Yes it would be interesting to get that article. Maybe someone lives close to a university library? (Journal of the...
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kueikutzu@...
Nov 7, 2000 8:04 pm
I picked up this book a while back and started to read it but put it down in frustration. Thomas's comments on it piqued my interest again so I started to...
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Thomas
trs236@...
Nov 7, 2000 8:53 pm
... can scholars? LaFargue was originally a biblical scholar and it's his experience in that field that brings in a fresh look at the 300 B.C. world of the ...
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Ken Lee
doctornine@...
Nov 7, 2000 11:33 pm
Doug, Thomas... Regarding LaFargue: LF ... DH ... His enquiry into the Confucian interpretation of things only emphasizes that examination of any extant...
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Ken Lee
doctornine@...
Nov 7, 2000 11:54 pm
Hey there, "Mongrel Dog". You wrote: MD ... [soapbox mode on] Not to be a stick-in-the-mud, but if you want folks to be able to make a living at translating...
