On the chapter divisions in the Lao-tzu
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2806918 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert G Henricks (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 501-524 |
| Publication date | 1982-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00041549 |
| OpenAlex | W2015903190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
The Ma-wang-tui texts of Lao-tzu have seemingly confirmed two points long held to be true by many scholars: (1) that the text from an early date, if not right from the outset, was divided into two parts; and (2) that-while it is not claimed that the Ma-wang-tui texts represent the original text-it was not originally divided into chapters. This latter conclusion is open to debate since, although there are neither chapter numbers nor names in the Ma-wang-tui texts, there are punctuation dots (·) in part II of text A, often placed at the beginning of one of our present chapters. However, absence of punctuation elsewhere, and the failure of what there is to completely coincide with present chapter divisions, would seem to indicate at least that the present eighty-one chapter divisions-thirty-seven in part I and forty-four in part II-were not yet (c. 180 B.C.) uniformly observed
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Punctuation · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |