《老子》系列论文之五:《老子》初始本的逻辑结构和义理层次

The Logical Structure and the Layers of Theory about the Original Version of Lao Tzu

该文论证《老子》不是出关往秦应关尹之请即兴书写的格言集锦,而是体大思精的毕生著作,具有宏观而严密的逻辑结构,微观而缜密的义理层次。老子自定的《老子》上下经结构是上经《德经》“贵德”,下经《道经》“尊道”,包括“人道/天道”内涵结构和“经/经说”形式结构,是《墨子》《孟子》《庄子》《韩非子》等诸子百家代表作普遍仿效的思维范式。

This article is the fifth of a series of articles on Lao Tzu,it demonstrates that Lao Tzu isn’t a collection of improvised aphorisms,when Lao Tzu left the Hangu pass to the State of Qin,Lao Tzu didn’t write it at Guan Yin’s request.Lao Tzu is a lifetime writing with huge system and precise thought,it has macro and strict logical structure,and micro and meticulous layers of theory.Lao Tzu determined the structure of the upper and lower parts of Lao Tzu:the upper De Jing reveals“cherishing the natural instinct”,while the lower Dao Jing reveals“respecting the Tao of the universe”.The structure of the upper and lower texts of Lao Tzu includes:the connotation structure about“the humanity/the Tao of the universe”,and the formal structure about“the text/explanation of the text”.So the upper De Jing is“the text”and the lower Dao Jing is the“explanation of the text”;the upper De Jing puts forward a proposition of humanity,the lower Dao Jing offers the“general laws of the universe”to prove the upper De Jing.This“the text/explanation of the text”structure of the upper and lower the texts of Lao Tzu,is a thought paradigm widely imitated by schools of thought such as Mo Tzu,Mencius,Chuang Tzu,Han Fei Tzu,and etc.