The Best Tao Te Ching Website

A typical webpage created by Michael P. Garofalo for each one of the 81 Chapters (Verses, Sections) of the Tao Te Ching (Daodejing) by Lao Tzu (Laozi) includes over 25 different English language translations or interpolations for that Chapter, 5 Spanish language translations for that Chapter, the Chinese characters for that Chapter, the Wade-Giles and Hanyu Pinyin transliterations (Romanization) of the Mandarin Chinese words for that Chapter, and 2 German and 1 French translation of that Chapter.  

Each webpage for each one of the 81 Chapters of the Tao Te Ching includes extensive indexing by key words, phrases, nouns, verbs, adjectives and terms for that Chapter in English, Spanish, and the Wade-Giles Romanization.  This is the most extensive online searchable Concordance for the entire Dao De Jing available on the Internet.   


The Only Tao Te Ching Website with a Complete Concordance

Each webpage on a Chapter of the Daodejing includes recommended reading in books and websites, a detailed bibliography, some commentary, research leads, illustrations and graphics, translation sources, and other resources for that Chapter.  

Each webpage includes a Google Translate drop down menu at the top that enables you to read these 81 webpages in over 100 languages.

 

The Most Extensive Daodejing Website

 

Chapter Indexing, Concordance, for the Tao Te Ching

English Language Daodejing Translators' Source Index

Spanish Language Daodejing Translators' Source Index

Ripening Peaches: Taoist Studies and Practices

Taoism: A Selected Reading List


Alphabetical Concordance to the Tao Te Ching  (Chapters 1-30)   


One Old Daoist Druid's Final Journey  

How to Live a Good Life: Advice from Wise and Respected Persons  

 

Cloud Hands Blog by Michael P. Garofalo


Compilation, Indexing, Commentary, Editing, and Hypertext Document Publishing
By Michael P. Garofalo from Vancouver, Washington. 2023-  

 

 




The Most Useful Tao Te Ching Website

 


Tao Te Ching

 Chapter Number Index

Standard Traditional Chapter Arrangement of the Tao Te ChingChapter Order in Wang Bi's Daodejing Commentary in246 CE
Chart by Mike Garofalo
Subject Index
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81







 

 

Translators Index

Index to Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) Translations
Online and In Print English Language Versions  
Sorted by Translator 

A research tool of Mike Garofalo
Valley Spirit Center, Gushen Grove, Red Bluff, California
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

 

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M  

N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z

       

 

A

Abbott, Carl, 2012.     Book     Online 1    VSCL


Addiss, Stephen and Stanley Lombardo, 1993.   Book   Online 1     Online 2    Online 3     s


Allchin, Douglas, 2002.  Online 1     Online 2     Online 3  


Alquiros, Hilmar.   Online 1    Text in Chinese, English, and German. 


Ames, Roger T., 2003.  Book     VSCL      


Anonymous 231     Online 1     Online 2 


Atamanchuk, Stanley.     Book     Online  


Tao Te Ching Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index


Codes Used in this Document: 
PD = Public Domain;   GGN = Gushen Grove Notebook Collection;   VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library; 
s = document saved to disk.


Concordance to the Tao Te Ching

 


 

B

Bahm, Archie J.   Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s  


Balfour, Frederic Henry (1871-1908), 1884.   Online1     Online 2     Online 3 GGN     PD     s            


Beck, Sanderson, 1996.   Online1     Online 2     Online 3     s


Bibliography for the Tao Te Ching


Blakney, Raymond B., 1955.   Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Online 4     s


Borel, Henri and Dwight Goddard, 1919.    Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    PD     s  


Bright-Fey, John, 2006.   Book     VSCL 


Bryce, Derek, 1999.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s 


Bullen, David.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s


Burgess, Wes     Book


Bynner, Witter, 1944.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     PD     s    


Byrn, Tormod, 1997.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    Online 4    s  


Concordance to the Daodejing 


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

C

Carl.     Online 1


Carus, Paul and
D. T. Suzuki, 1913.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3  


Chan, Wing-Tsit, 1963.     Online 1     Online 2     s    


Chang, Chung-Yuan.     Online 1     Online 2     s    


Chapters of the Tao Te Ching - A Thematic Index


Chen, Chao-Hsiu.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s 


Chen, Ellen Marie, 2000.    Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s 


Cheng.      Online 1     Online 2


Cheng, Hong David, 2000     Online 1


Chilcott, Tim, 2005.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s  


Chinese Characters for Chapters of the Tao Te Ching    
Chinese Text Project     Yellow Bridge     Resources


Chohan, Chou-Wing.     Online 1     Online 2  


Ch'u Ta-Kao, 1904     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s     PD  


Cleary, Thomas, 1991.   Book     Online 1     Online 2     s  


Clatfelter, Jim, 2000.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s      


Concordance to the Daodejing   


Correa, Nina, 2005.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3 


Cronk, George, 1999.    Online 1     Online 2   


Crowley, Aleister, 1918.    Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Online 4     Online 5     s     PD        


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

Tao Te Ching
 Chapter Number Index


Standard Traditional Chapter Arrangement of the Daodejing
Chapter Order in Wang Bi's Daodejing Commentary in 246 CE
Chart by Mike Garofalo
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81                  

 

 


D

Den Hond, Bram.     Online 1     Online 2     s    


Dicus, John, 2002.     Online 1     Online 2 


Dieterich, Wulf.     Online 1   


Donohue, Brian, 2005.     Online 1     Online 2 


Duyvendak, Jan Julius Lodewijk, 1954.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     s     PD 


Concordance to the Tao Te Ching


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

E

Elyxr     Online 1


English, Jane and Gia Fu Feng, 1989.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Book      


Enlish Langauge Translations of the Tao Te Ching at Terebess Asia Online


English Language Translations of Chapters of the Tao Te Ching from Green Way Research


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 


 

F

Feng, Gia-fu and Jane English, 1989.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Book   


Fex, Aalar, 2006.     Online 1 


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

G

Ganson, C.     Online 1     Online 2    


Garofalo, Michael P., 2010-.   Online 1


Garon, Jesse.     Online 1     Online 2     (See Hogan, Ron) 


Gautier, Andre     Online 1     Online 2


Gia-fu Feng and Jane English, 1972.     Book    Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    


Gibbs, Tam, 1981     Online 1     Online 2   


Giles, Lionel and Herbert.   Book


Goddard, Dwight and Henri Borel, 1919.     Online 1     Online 2      Online 3    PD     s


Goddard, Dwight and Bhikshu Wai-Tao, 1939.  Online 1   


Gong, Tienzen (Jeh-Tween)     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3 


Gorn Old, Walter (Sepharial, 1864-1929), 1904     Online 1     Online 2    
Online 3 GGN     PD   


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

H

Hall, David L., 2003.    Book    

 
Hansen, Chad.     Online 1    Online 2     Online 3     Online 4  


Hatcher, Bradford, 2005.     Online 1     Online 2    


Heider, John, 1985.     Online 1     Online 2    


Hendricks, Robert G., 1989.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     VSCL   


Heysinger, Isaac Winter (1842-1917), 1903.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3 GGN     PD


Hinton, David.     Online 1     Online 2   


Ho, Lok Sang, 2002.   Online 1     Online 2    


Hogan, Ron, 2000.  Online 1: Includes an audio version.     Online 2    Online 3      


Hond, Bram den.     Online 1     Online 2    


Hong Kong University   Online 1  In English and Chinese


Hua Ching Ni, 1995.   Book    VSCL    


Huang, Chichung.     Online 1     Online 2


Huang, Tao.     Online 1      Online 2    


Hu Huezhi, 2006.     Book


Hwang, Shifu.     Online 1     Online 2 


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index


Codes Used in this Document: 
PD = Public Domain;   GGN = Gushen Grove Notebook Collection;   VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library; 
s = document saved to disk.

 

 

 

I

Ivanhoe, Philip.     Book


Tao Te Ching Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

J

Jiyu, Ren, 1985.     Online 1     Online 2 


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

K

Kim, Ha Poong.     Book     Online 1     Online 2  


Kimura, Yasuhiko Genku.     Online 1      Online 2  


Kinnes, Tormod Byrn, 2003.     Online 1   


Kisa, Sonja Elen.   Online 1    


Klaus, Hilmar.     Online 1 


Kline, A. S., 2003.     Online 1     Online 2   


Kohn, Livia, 1998.     Book


Kromal, Karl, 2002.     Online 1   


Kunesh, Tom.     Online 1     Online 2     


Kwok, Man Ho and Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsey, 1993.     Online 1     Online 2 


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

L

LaFargue, Michael, 1994.    Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    


Larose, Ray, 2000.     Online 1     Online 2  


Lau, D. C., 1963.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     PD    


Leary, Timothy, 1965.     Online 1


Legge, James (1815-1897), Professor of Chinese at Oxford University.  His translation of the Tao Te Ching was made in 1891.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Online 4     Online 5    
Online 6 GGN    Online 7


Le Guin, Ursula K., 1997     Book     Online 1     VSCL       


Li, David H.     Online 1 


Lin, Cheng     Online 1     Online 2 


Lin, Derek, 2006.    Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    VSCL     


Lin, Paul J., 1977.     Online 1     Online 2   


Lindauer, David.    Online 1     Online 2    Online 3        


Lombardo, Stanley and Stephen Addiss, 1993.   Book   Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    VSCL          


Ludd, Ned.     Online 1     Online 2      


Lynn, Richard John     Online 1  


Tao Te Ching Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

M

Mabry, John R..     Book     Online 1     Online 2      


Mair, Victor H., 1990.     Book     Online 1    Online 2     Online 3     VSCL        


McCarroll, Tolbert, 1982.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3             


McDonald, John H., 1996.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Online 4     Online 5     PD          


MacHovec, Frank J., 1962.     Online 1       


McIntyre, Stephen, 2009.    Online 1   


Martin, William, 1999.   Online 1  


Maurer, Herrymon, 1985.     Online 1     Online 2   
 

Mears, Isabella, 1916.    Online 1     Online 2     Online 3 GGN     PD      


Medhurst, C. Spurgeon (1860-1927), 1905.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3 GGN     PD 


Merel, Peter A., 1992.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Online 4     Online 5  


Mitchell, Stephen, 1988.   
Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     Online 4     VSCL           


Moran, Patrick E..     Online 1     Online 2       


Muller, Charles
, 1891.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     PD    VSCL       


Muller, Charles, 1997.     Online 1     Online 2     


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index


Codes Used in this Document: 
PD = Public Domain;   GGN = Gushen Grove Notebook Collection;   VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library; 
s = document saved to disk.

 

 

 

 

N

Ni, Hua Ching.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     VSCL      


Nikolenko, Mikhail   Online 1     Online 2  


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

O

Org, Lee Sun Chen.     Online 1     Online 2 


Ould, Herman, 1946.     Online 1     Online 2  


Tao Te Ching Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

P

Martin Palmer and Kwok, Man Ho and Jay Ramsey, 1993.     Online 1     Online 2 


Porter, Bill (Red Pine), 1996.    Book     Online 1     Online 2    


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

Q

Qixuan, Liu.     Online 1     Online 2    


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

Tao Te Ching
 Chapter Number Index


Standard Traditional Chapter Arrangement of the Daodejing
Chapter Order in Wang Bi's Daodejing Commentary in 246 CE
Chart by Mike Garofalo
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81                  

 

 

 

R

Ramsey, Jay and Kwok, Man Ho and Martin Palmer, 1993.     Online 1     Online 2 


Red Pine (Bill Porter), 1996.    Book     Online 1     Online 2    


Roberts, Moss, 2001.     Book    Online 1     Online 2 


Rosenbaum, Robert Meikyo, 2013.     Book


Rosenthal, Stan, 1984.    Online 1     Online 2    Online 3     Online 4  


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

S

Saint Xenophon Wayist Seminary.     Online 1     


Sarbatoare, Octavian, 2002.     Online 1     Online 2  


Schmidt.     Online 1     Online 2 


Scott, Michael.     Online 1     Audio edition narrated by Michael Scott.   


Seddon, Keith H.     Online 1     Online 2  


Sha, Edwin, 1996.     Online 1   


Sheets, Alan, 2002.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3


Shrine of Wisdom.     Online 1    


Siji Tzu, Jade Purity, 2000.     Online 1     Interpretaion 


Solska, Agnieszka, 2005.     Online 1     Online 2  


Sorrell, Amy M., 2003.     Online 1     Online 2  


Sorrell, Roderic, 2003.     Online 1     Online 2  


Star, Jonathan, 2001.     Book     Online 1     Online 2  


Stenudd, Stefan, 2011.   Book     Online 1


Suzuki, D. T. and Paul Carus, 1913.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3  


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

T

TaKao, Ch'u, 1904.     Online 1     Online 2      


Tan, Han Hiong.     Online 1     Online 2     


Tao Te Ching - Sixty Interactive Translations Index


Tao Te Ching: A Key to Translators


Taplow, Alan B., 1982.     Online 1     Online 2   


Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse 


Terebess Asia Online Index to Enlish Langauge Translations of the Tao Te Ching


Thematic Index to Chapters of the Tao Te Ching


Tovey, Barbara, 2002.     Online 1     Online 2    Online 3  


Tran, Tien Cong.     Online 1     Online 2  


Trottier, John Louis Albert, 1994.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3       


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

U

Tao Te Ching    Universal Dialectic Institute  


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

V

Tao Te Ching Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

W

Waley, Arthur, 1934.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    Online 4


Walker, Brian Browne, 1996.     Book     Online 1     Online 2  


Wang, Wayne L., 2004.     Online 1   


Wayist St. Xenophon Seminary.    Online 1     


Wei, Henry.     Online 1     Online 2   


Welch, Jerry C., Khiron, 1998.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3     


Wieger, Leon, 1913.     Online 1     Online 2 


Wing, R. L..     Online 1  


Wing-Tsit, Chan, 1963.     Online 1     Online 2    


WorldPeace, John, 1997.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3       


Wrigley, Ted.     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3       


Wu, John C. H.     Book     Online 1     Online 2     Online 3    


Wu, Yi.     Online 1     Online 2 


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

X

Tao Te Ching Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

 

 

Y

Yang, Xiaolin.     Online 1     Online 2  


Yutang, Lin, 1948.     Online 1     Online 2    Online 3    


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index

 

   

 

Z

Zhang, Thomas Z.     Online 1     Online 2     


Zhengkun, Gu     Online 1     Online 2   


Zi Chang, Tang     Online 1     Online 2  


Tao Te Ching
Chapters:     Chapters 1-20     Chapters 21-40     Chapters 41-60     Chapters 61-81     Index


Codes Used in this Document: 
PD = Public Domain;   GGN = Gushen Grove Notebook Collection;   VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library; 
s = document saved to disk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Laozi, Dao De Jing

 

 

Gushen Grove Notebooks for the Tao Te Ching

Research by
Michael P. Garofalo

Green Way Research, Valley Spirit Center, Gushen Grove Notebooks, Red Bluff, California
Indexed and Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo

 

This webpage was last modified or updated on December 14, 2013. 
This webpage was first distributed online on March 3, 2010. 


 

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Lao-Tzu (Laozi), Circa 500 BCE

Old Master, Old Sage, Long-eared Wise Man, Wise Child
The Grand Supreme Elder Lord  (Taishang Laojun 太上老君)
The Universally Honored One of Tao and Virtues
(Daode Tianzun 道德天尊)
          


                                 
 

 

 

 

Tao Te Ching
 Chapter Number Index


Standard Traditional Chapter Arrangement of the Daodejing
Chapter Order in Wang Bi's Daodejing Commentary in 246 CE
Chart by Mike Garofalo
 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
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