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ANAPHORS OR CATAPHORS? A DISCUSSION OF THE TWO QI GRAPHS IN THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE DAODEJING.

Since the third century b.c.e., interpreters of the Daodejing have taken the two qi graphs (conventionally translated as "its") in the first chapter as anaphoric, that is, as denoting an entity previously mentioned in the discourse/ text. Almost unanimously, commentators have assumed that this anaph...

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Published in:Philosophy East & West: A Quarterly of Comparative Philosophy Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 391 - 422
Main Authors: Ariel, Yoav, Raz, Gil
Format: Article
Published: University of Hawai'i Jul2010
Subjects:
Authorship
Laozi. Dao de jing
Philosophical analysis
Confucius, 551 B.C.-479 B.C.
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