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Huai - nan Tzŭ

Han dynasty prince and patron of Taoist philosophical works.

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Also known as Huai - nan, Huai

First appearance: tao te ching

Huai - nan Tzŭ shows up with force in The Texts of the Tao Te Ching and Chuang-Tzŭ Shu, as Regards Their Authenticity and Genuineness, and the Arrangement of Them. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Author of the Huai-nan Tzŭ; his many quotations from the Tao Te Ching are used as evidence of its early circulation.
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Huai - nan Tzŭ first appears in 0005 tao te ching.

In The Texts of the Tao Te Ching and Chuang-Tzŭ Shu, as Regards Their Authenticity and Genuineness, and the Arrangement of Them: Author of the Huai-nan Tzŭ; his many quotations from the Tao Te Ching are used as evidence of its early circulation.

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  • Chinese Philosophers and Deities
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