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GNU's Not Lao - The GNL Tao Te Ching
Notes as per version 4.01

Caveat

The GNL attempts to mix several popular English translations of Lao Tse into a consistent and accessible poem. It's based on the works of Robert G. Henricks, Lin Yutang, D.C. Lau, Ch'u Ta-Kao, Gia-Fu Feng & Jane English, Richard Wilhelm, Victor H. Mair, Kenneth M. Happel, and Aleister Crowley.

The GNL is not translation, but interpolation. The original Chinese has been jumbled, edited and revised for thousands of years, and is now recast to a language that can convey neither its historical nor philological connections.

Worse, the GNL eliminates several long-standing paradoxes and riddles from the text. Puzzling these old mysteries may be more rewarding than just accepting one gloss on them. The GNL is best regarded as a starting point; if you enjoy this work, you'll be well served in examining the documents it draws upon.

Structural Changes

The last three lines of chapter 28 have moved to the end of Chapter 27.
The last three lines of chapter 39 have moved to the end of Chapter 26.
The last three lines of chapter 47 oppose most translations.
The first three lines of chapter 54 have moved to the start of Chapter 38.
The last two lines of chapter 55, a repetition of the last two lines of chapter 30, have been removed.
The first line of chapter 60 has moved to the start of chapter 59.
Chapter 64 is split in two.
In chapter 64a, the order of the second and third paragraphs is reversed.
The last four lines of Chapter 67 have moved to the start of Chapter 68.