老子 的押韻和論理展開方式的關係 ―郭店本 老子 甲組為例―

Abstract

“Laozi” shows a peculiar property when compared to other pre-Qin literature in respect of rhymes. Amongst the present “Wang Bi (王弼) edition” of “Laozi”, comprising 81 chapters, above half of sentences have rhymes, and this leads to the readers accept “Laozi” as a philosophical poem. This feature tell us that we must follow a unique methodology when we study the “Laozi” in philological approach. Upon the findings described above (especially the rhyming phrases), this article discusses about the relationship between the rhymes and the logic development pattern, as appearing in the “Laozi” Group Jia(甲組) of Chu bamboo strips. Following is the findings of this study: There exists a relationship between the rhymes and logic development pattern in the chapters containing rhymes. There are relatively large numbers of discrepancies between the rhymes of the edition excavated from Guodian (郭店) and the present edition. These may be because of copying errors, but some of them may be the presentation of the differences of versions. From the point of view of the rhymes, logic development patterns of “Laozi” can be classified into three types: tripartite (initial part as introduction of a chapter, development parts as deductions or inductions, and final part as summary of the statements of previous parts and conclusion), bipartite (omitting the development parts, directly concluding the chapter), and “statement listing” type where there is no meaning in rhyme.