《老子》首章的斷句問題，一直存在著爭議。本文依據帛書本《老 子》，並參考王弼注本，斷其內文為「無名，有名」，「無欲，有欲」， 並且申論其義理之合宜性。目的是希望學術界研究《老子》者，今後 能在ㄧ可靠的文本上進行深入研究。

The reading of the first chapter of Lao Zi is still debatable. Based on Bo-shu Lao-Zi, the earliest edition of Lao Zi which recorded this first chapter, and Wang Bi’s edition of Lao Zi, the present article would maintain that the reading of “wu ming” (without a name) and “yo ming” (with a name), “wu yu” (without desire) and “yo yu” (with desire), is more justifiable than the reading of “wu” (non-being) and “yo” (being).

老子、道、名、無名、有名、無欲、有欲

Lao Zi, Dao, Ming, Wu ming, Yo ming, Wu yu, Yo yu