[17] Ch. 6. The character 谷 is, however, also rendered otherwise in this page. See Yi-yuan’s edition and that in the 十子全書.

[18] Ch. 4.

[19] Ch. 32.

[20] Chs. 24, 52.

[21] Ch. 51. The Tao is also, however, said not to rule over the world. See ch. 34.

[22] Chine Moderne, p. 351.

[23] Mélanges Posthumes, p. 167, and in the Mélanges Asiatiques. See also Julien’s Introduction, p. xii.

[24] Introduction, p. xiii.

[25] Introduction, p. xiii.

[26] See Wu-ch‘eng’s note to the passage.