《老子·道经》“可道”、“可名”正读

A Corrective Explanation of "that can be told" and "that can be named" in Lao Zi's Classic of the Way

２０００年来，人们提及老子之道，都根据《道经》首二句“道可道，非常道，名可名，非常名”为解，说老子之道玄虚微妙，不同世俗之政教经术之道，不可解说、不可名状，实为永恒不变、自然长生之道，此类解说与老子哲学思想的本旨实相抵牾。究其原由，皆因学者未悟“可道”、“可名”不当如字读。根据先秦文字书写特点及先秦文献文例，应读“可道”、“可名”为“何道”、“何名”。如此，则《老子》之语言较旧解为朴素，老子之哲学思想及命题较旧解也更为一贯。

In this essay, the author attempts a corrective explanation to Lao Zi's two well - known proverbs in his Classic of the Way. According to the present author, the way that can be told is not an unvarying way; the names that can be named are not unvarying names.