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The Complete Tao Te Ching With the Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor

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Originally published in French under title: Le Lao-tseu suivi des Quatre Canons de l'empereur Jaune. Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 2009.

Introduction	p. 1
The Way and the Law	p. 3
Taoist Philosophy and the Tao Te Ching	p. 8
The One and the Many: Content and Form of the Tao Te Ching	p. 23
The Emptiness of the Sovereign and the Asceticism of the Yellow Emperor	p. 28
Notes on the Translation from the Chinese	p. 31
Tao Te Ching: The Book of the Way and of Virtue
The Book of Virtue	p. 43
The Book of the Way	p. 71
The Four Canons of the Yellow Emperor
On the Law as Principle	p. 97
The Law Way	p. 97
The Good Order of a Country	p. 100
The Regulatory Power of the Sovereign	p. 102
The Six Alternatives: Aberrations vs. Normalities	p. 106
The Four Rules: Being Calm, Regulated, Civil, and Martial	p. 112
Evaluations	p. 116
Factors of Ruin	p. 121
Summary of the Great Principles	p. 125
Standards and Names	p. 127
The Great Canonical Rules	p. 131
Instituting the Mandate	p. 131
Inspection	p. 133
The Five Regulations	p. 137
Child of Truth	p. 141
Quelling Disturbances	p. 143
Fighting between Clans	p. 147
The Attitude of the Hen and the Rooster	p. 149
The Face of War	p. 150
Proven Laws	p. 151
The Three Prohibitions	p. 153
The Reason for Punitive Expeditions	p. 154
Priority Methods	p. 155
Rules of Conduct	p. 157
The Way of Submission	p. 158
Aphorisms	p. 163
The Original Way	p. 175
Index	p. 179
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