The Guodian Laozi compared with other versions

The links below take you to scanned images, each of which gives a section of the Guodian text, together with the parallel passages in the Fu4 Yi4 version, the Wang2 Bi4 version, and both Ma3wang2dui1 versions. Once you get to a page with an image, you should be able to print it out from your browser. (NOTE: To get the proper size and resolution, set the scaling to 45% in the "Page Setup..." menu before printing.)

I have assigned a tag to each section of the text, indicated as follows:

• A, B, or C indicates which bundle of strips the passage is in.
• Within each bundle, sections are defined by comparison to the chapters of the received text. For example, A1 is the first part of bundle A, which corresponds to chapter 19 of the received version; A2 is the next part, which corresponds to chapter 66; and so forth.

In the table below, lower-case letters "a, b, c" refer to the beginning, middle, or ending section of a chapter in the received text.