哥大亚洲经典译本系列：老子：道德经（韩禄伯译） Lao Tzus Tao Te Ching: A Translation of the Startling New Documents Found at Guodian

基本信息

Series:Translations from the Asian Classics

Format:Paperback / softback 232 pages

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Imprint:Columbia University Press

ISBN:9780231118170

Published:20 Apr 2005

Weight:388g

Dimensions:140 x 221 x 14 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

1993 年，在湖北省郭店（中国中东部）的一座古墓中发现了令人震惊的遗物。《郭店老子》写在竹简上，这些竹简自公元前 300 年以来奇迹般地完好无损，是迄今为止出土的《道德经》较早的版本。研究古代中国文明的学者宣称，该文本是理解这一知名文本的决定性突破：它提供了迄今为止确凿的证据，证明该文本是数百年来多位作者和编辑的作品，而不是孔子时代的个人作品。

罗伯特·亨里克斯现在推出了“竹简老子”的一个英文译本。《郭店老子》与我们拥有的其他文本版本有很大不同，它为我们提供了文本如何以及何时形成的线索。正如亨里克斯的翻译所示，这种形式的文本中缺少许多章节，有些章节仍然不完整。所有这些似乎都表明，当这些简稿被抄录下来时，《道德经》尚未“完成”。

在他的译本中，亨里克斯将注意力集中在每一章中与其他版本不同的行上。此外，他还展示了这种文本形式的章节顺序与读者通常在“标准”文本形式（即其他译本）中看到的顺序完全无关。

以下只是这本新版《道德经》的几个值得注意的特点：

对《郭店老子》进行了清晰的介绍，提供了考古学解释的背景

逐行比较《郭店老子》与马王堆和王弼版本的差异

每章都有大量注释，描述了《郭店老子》与其他版本相比的独特之处

每章都有抄本，注明了该章中人物的古代和现代形态

附录包含司马迁撰写的老子官方传记，以及亨里克斯对这本传记的评论和注释

这项开创性的工作将重新评估这部知名且批判性著作的历史和意义，并重新评估它在早期中国思想发展中所发挥的作用。

In 1993, an astonishing discovery was made at a tomb in Guodian in Hubei province (east central China). Written on strips of bamboo that have miraculously survived intact since 300 B.C., the "Guodian Laozi," is by far the earliest version of the Tao Te Ching ever unearthed. Students of ancient Chinese civilization proclaimed the text a decisive breakthrough in the understanding of this famous text: it provides the most conclusive evidence to date that the text was the work of multiple authors and editors over hundreds of years, rather than the achievement of a single individual writing during the time of Confucius.

Robert Henricks now presents the first English translation of the "bamboo slip Laozi." Differing substantially from other versions we have of the text, the Guodian Laozi provides us with clues on how and when the text came into being. As Henricks's translation shows, many chapters are missing in this form of the text, and some chapters remain incomplete. All of this seems to suggest that the Tao Te Ching was not yet "complete" when these slips were copied.

In his translation, Henricks focuses attention on lines in each of the chapters that vary from readings in other editions. In addition, he shows how the sequence of chapters in this form of the text is totally unrelated to the sequence readers commonly see in the "standard" form of the text, i.e., in other translations.

Here are just a few of the noteworthy features of this new Tao Te Ching:

A lucid introduction to the Guodian Laozi, offering background on the archaeological interpretation of the discovery

Line-by-line comparisons of the Guodian Laozi against the Mawangdui and Wang Bi editions

Extensive notes on each chapter describing the unique elements of the Guodian Laozi in comparison with other versions

Transcriptions for each chapter, noting both the ancient and modern form of the characters in the chapter

An appendix featuring the official biography of Laozi written by Sima Qian, the Grand Historian of China, as well as Henricks's commentary and notes on this biography

This groundbreaking work will lead to a reassessment of the history and significance of this well-known and critical work as well as a reevaluation of the role it played in the development of Taoism in early China.

作者简介

老子（前571年—前470年），李氏，一说姓老，一说姓利，名耳或贞，字聃。一称老聃，一字伯阳。世人尊称为“老子”，生于东周的楚国苦县厉乡曲仁里（原属陈国，今河南省鹿邑县），师从商容，于东周春秋时周朝守藏室任柱下史。中国春秋时代思想家，隐居邢台广阳山。其著作被人们广泛称为《道德经》，为经典。

罗伯特·G·亨里克斯 (Robert G. Henricks) 是新罕布什尔州汉诺威达特茅斯学院的教授，自 1976 年起在该学院任教。他是当今受推崇的亚洲古典文学专家之一，翻译了备受推崇的《老子·德道经》，并著有其他书籍，包括《三世纪中国哲学与辩论》和《寒山诗》。

Laozi (571-470 BC), surnamed Li, surnamed Lao, surnamed Li, given name Er or Zhen, courtesy name Dan. Laodan, courtesy name Boyang. Respected as "Laozi", born in Qurenli, Lixiang, Kuxian County, Chu State in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (formerly belonging to Chen State, now Luyi County, Henan Province), studied under Shang Rong, served as the Zhuxiashi in the Zhou Dynasty's treasury during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. A thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period of China, he lived in seclusion in Guangyang Mountain, Xingtai. His work is widely known as the "Tao Te Ching", a classic of Taoism and Taoism.

Robert G. Henricks is a professor of religion at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he has taught since 1976. One of the most acclaimed authorities on classic Asian literature today, he has translated the highly regarded Lao-Tzu Te-Tao Ching and is the author of other books, including Philosophy and Argumentation in Third Century China and The Poetry of Han-Shan.