Quote Originally Posted by Pneumaphor
Yep, that is true about the Tao Te Ching. Also, apparently, Lao Tzu was just a compiler of previously existing oral traditions that only later came under the "Tao Te Ching" canon umbrella...so, take it with two grains and no less!
I heard that the Tao Te Ching is even more like a description of other texts of Taoism - more like captions collected. Makes me wonder where those texts are...

Quote Originally Posted by Pneumaphor
I can see the future bestseller now: "The Apocryphal Tao - A series of heretofore unknown parables the Yellow Emperor banned from the official translations of the Tao Te Ching" I'll take mine in paperback. Hahaha.


Oliver