Meta-translation Lao Zi's Dao De Jing (Vol. I): The Physics of Psychology

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Lao Zi's Dao De Jing is one of the most intriguing legacies received from ancient China. It conveys a harmonious art of living that reaches peacefully across the boundaries of race, religion, spiritualism, ideology, and science. This meta-translation of Lao Zi's manuscript is based on an English meta-analysis and a Chinese meta-analysis. The aim of those analyses is to take optimal advantage of the expertise already accumulated in previous studies of Dao De Jing. The English meta-analysis includes the following English translations-(Chan Wing-Tsit, 1988); (Cheng Gia-Fu and English, J, 1972); (Henricks, 1993); (Land, 1990); (Lau, 1985); (Lin, J. P., 1977); (Man-ho Kwok; Palmer, M.; & Ramsay, J., 1997); (Waley, 1968); and (Wing, 1986). Furthermore, the Chinese meta-analysis includes the following Chinese versions-Wang Bi (~249 AD); He-Shang Gong (~157 BC); Fu Yi (~200 BC); Mawangdui A and B (~200 BC); and Guodian A, B, and C (~300 BC). In contrast to popular belief, the results of this study support the notion that Dao De Jing is a secular manuscript about physics and psychology, rather than a sacred and spiritual scripture.