# Wu Chʽêng — Tao Te Ching character guide

> Wu Chʽêng in Tao Te Ching by Laozi.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Wu

**First appearance:** 0005-tao-te-ching

## Who they are

Yuan dynasty scholar who wrote a commentary on the Tao Te Ching.

## In the story

### [Preface by James Legge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/chapters/preface-by-james-legge)

Yuan dynasty scholar whose commentary on the Tao Te Ching was highly useful to Legge.

### [The Texts of the Tao Te Ching and Chuang-Tzŭ Shu, as Regards Their Authenticity and Genuineness, and the Arrangement of Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/chapters/the-texts-of-the-tao-te-ching-and-chuang-tz-shu-as-regards-their-authenticity-and-genuineness-and-the-arrangement-of-them)

Later commentator who rearranged the Tao Te Ching into sixty-seven chapters without curtailing the text.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/chapters/endnotes)

Cited multiple times for his commentary and textual interpretations (e.g., uniting chapters, explaining yang/yin, and reading 車 after 糞).

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