《史記．老子傳》辨正

A Textual Study to the “Biography of Lao Tzu” in Shih Chi

《史記‧老子傳》為學者論述老子生平之主要根據，而學者讀之或誤，為正本清源，故為此論文。本文擬由二點加以辨正。一、略論民國以來各家誤解《史記‧老子傳》之緣由。二、就《老子傳》本文證《老子傳》當如此。擬由本論文以達到去蕪存菁，復《史記‧老子傳》原貌，為太史公洗冤。

The chapter of “Biography of Lao Tzu” in the Shih chi (The Grand Records of History) is the main material for the discussion about the life of Lao Tzu. But there are some misinterpretations in this text. Therefore this paper tries to contribute our correction with two following points: 1. to describe why the misinterpretations occurred in thecircle of scholars since the Republic of China established. And 2. to confirm the original text of the “Biography of Lai Tzu” of Shih chi. Through this study, we will recover the original version of the text of “Biography of Lao Tzu” and rehabilitate the reputation of the author of Shi Chi.