Daodejing (The Classic of the Way and Virtue)道德經

Laozi, with commentaries by Wang Bi and Heshang Gong · 4th–3rd century BC (Wang Bi's commentary, 3rd century AD) · China · 81 chapters · 5,297 Chinese characters

The 5,297 graphs of the text and the 11,799 graphs of Wang Bi's commentary have all been translated (81 chapters complete). The 931 items of the Heshang Gong commentary are carried in the original, and only the places where the readings part have been raised as issues.

• Chapter 81 — Showing plainness8 passages · 57 Chinese characters
• Chapter 80 — Standing alone4 passages · 75 Chinese characters
• Chapter 79 — Relying on the contract5 passages · 40 Chinese characters
• Chapter 78 — Relying on faith2 passages · 64 Chinese characters
• Chapter 77 — The way of heaven2 passages · 79 Chinese characters
• Chapter 76 — A warning against strength4 passages · 57 Chinese characters
• Chapter 75 — The harm of greed1 passages · 54 Chinese characters
• Chapter 74 — Curbing delusion2 passages · 59 Chinese characters
• Chapter 73 — Relying on action9 passages · 64 Chinese characters
• Chapter 72 — Loving oneself6 passages · 45 Chinese characters
• Chapter 71 — Knowing sickness2 passages · 28 Chinese characters
• Chapter 70 — Hard to know5 passages · 47 Chinese characters
• Chapter 69 — The dark use4 passages · 54 Chinese characters
• Chapter 68 — Matching heaven5 passages · 43 Chinese characters
• Chapter 67 — The three treasures7 passages · 99 Chinese characters
• Chapter 66 — Putting oneself last1 passages · 76 Chinese characters
• Chapter 65 — Simple virtue6 passages · 69 Chinese characters
• Chapter 64 — Guarding the small9 passages · 125 Chinese characters
• Chapter 63 — The beginning of kindness4 passages · 79 Chinese characters
• Chapter 62 — Practicing the Dao8 passages · 80 Chinese characters
• Chapter 61 — The virtue of humility9 passages · 82 Chinese characters
• Chapter 60 — Holding one's place5 passages · 48 Chinese characters
• Chapter 59 — Keeping to the Dao7 passages · 64 Chinese characters
• Chapter 58 — Going along with change10 passages · 70 Chinese characters
• Chapter 57 — Simple ways5 passages · 88 Chinese characters
• Chapter 56 — The dark virtue10 passages · 66 Chinese characters
• Chapter 55 — The dark token9 passages · 81 Chinese characters
• Chapter 54 — Cultivating and observing7 passages · 91 Chinese characters
• Chapter 53 — Growing proof5 passages · 52 Chinese characters
• Chapter 52 — Returning to the source9 passages · 72 Chinese characters
• Chapter 51 — Nurturing virtue6 passages · 72 Chinese characters
• Chapter 50 — Valuing life2 passages · 80 Chinese characters
• Chapter 49 — Entrusting to virtue5 passages · 64 Chinese characters
• Chapter 48 — Forgetting knowledge6 passages · 40 Chinese characters
• Chapter 47 — Seeing far4 passages · 36 Chinese characters
• Chapter 46 — Thrift in desire3 passages · 39 Chinese characters
• Chapter 45 — Vast virtue6 passages · 52 Chinese characters
• Chapter 44 — Setting up a warning5 passages · 39 Chinese characters
• Chapter 43 — Use that reaches everywhere3 passages · 39 Chinese characters
• Chapter 42 — The transforming of the Dao3 passages · 73 Chinese characters
• Chapter 41 — The same and the different15 passages · 95 Chinese characters
• Chapter 40 — Setting use aside3 passages · 21 Chinese characters
• Chapter 39 — The root as the rule4 passages · 134 Chinese characters
• Chapter 38 — On virtue1 passages · 129 Chinese characters

• Chapter 37 — Governing5 passages · 50 Chinese characters
• Chapter 36 — The subtle light2 passages · 56 Chinese characters
• Chapter 35 — The virtue of benevolence3 passages · 43 Chinese characters
• Chapter 34 — Letting things come to be4 passages · 61 Chinese characters
• Chapter 33 — Discerning virtue6 passages · 38 Chinese characters
• Chapter 32 — The virtue of a sage4 passages · 71 Chinese characters
• Chapter 31 — Laying down arms1 passages · 117 Chinese characters
• Chapter 30 — Thrift in arms7 passages · 75 Chinese characters
• Chapter 29 — Doing nothing3 passages · 58 Chinese characters
• Chapter 28 — Back to the uncarved log7 passages · 82 Chinese characters
• Chapter 27 — Skillful use9 passages · 91 Chinese characters
• Chapter 26 — The virtue of weight4 passages · 47 Chinese characters
• Chapter 25 — Images of the origin12 passages · 86 Chinese characters
• Chapter 24 — The bitterness of favor3 passages · 47 Chinese characters
• Chapter 23 — Emptiness and nothing7 passages · 88 Chinese characters
• Chapter 22 — Gain through yielding7 passages · 78 Chinese characters
• Chapter 21 — An empty heart8 passages · 71 Chinese characters
• Chapter 20 — Unlike the world15 passages · 132 Chinese characters
• Chapter 19 — Back to simplicity1 passages · 45 Chinese characters
• Chapter 18 — Customs worn thin3 passages · 26 Chinese characters
• Chapter 17 — Simple ways6 passages · 44 Chinese characters
• Chapter 16 — Returning to the root11 passages · 67 Chinese characters
• Chapter 15 — Showing virtue6 passages · 97 Chinese characters
• Chapter 14 — Praising the dark5 passages · 94 Chinese characters
• Chapter 13 — Loathing disgrace6 passages · 81 Chinese characters
• Chapter 12 — Checking desire3 passages · 49 Chinese characters
• Chapter 11 — The use of nothing2 passages · 49 Chinese characters
• Chapter 10 — What one can do9 passages · 69 Chinese characters
• Chapter 9 — Keeping level5 passages · 39 Chinese characters
• Chapter 8 — Changing one's nature3 passages · 50 Chinese characters
• Chapter 7 — Hiding the light2 passages · 49 Chinese characters
• Chapter 6 — Forming the image1 passages · 25 Chinese characters
• Chapter 5 — The use of emptiness4 passages · 45 Chinese characters
• Chapter 4 — Without a source1 passages · 42 Chinese characters
• Chapter 3 — Settling the people6 passages · 67 Chinese characters
• Chapter 2 — Nourishing the self5 passages · 88 Chinese characters
• Chapter 1 — Embodying the Dao5 passages · 59 Chinese characters