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The Lost Orthodoxy: Yan Zun’s Interpretation of the Laozi and the Pre-Qin to Han Daoist Tradition

Bocheng Fan and
James Brown-Kinsella

Religions2026, 17(4), 448;https://doi.org/10.3390/rel17040448

3 April 2026

Prior to the Tang Dynasty, interpretations of the Laozi fell into two traditions: the Pre-Qin and Han tradition, represented by Yan Zun, and the Wei–Jin tradition, represented by Wang Bi. The commentaries on the Laozi in circulation today are i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Explorations into Yan Zun’s Edition and Commentary to the Daodejing: Laozi Zhigui)

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The Practice of Rou 柔 from Wang Bi’s Perspective

Limei Jiang

Religions2023, 14(12), 1470;https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14121470

27 November 2023

This paper holds that Laozi’s philosophy on softness is a topic that remains to be fully discussed. By distinguishing between the meanings of softness and weakness, this paper discusses how Wang Bi semantically integrated the two, presenting th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Pathways into Early Daoist Philosophy)

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