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Robert G. Henricks publishes an English Te-Tao Ching from the Mawangdui silks

In 1989 Henricks issued a complete English based on the Mawangdui recensions, with the de/dao order visible to non-specialists. Henricks publishes an English Te-Tao Ching from the Mawangdui silks (1989-01-01). In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1989 Henricks issued a complete English based on the Mawangdui recensions, with the de/dao order visible to non-specialists.

Henricks publishes an English Te-Tao Ching from the Mawangdui silks (1989-01-01).

Context

Translation after excavation is a separate public act from the find. It is how most English readers met the silk variants. Authorship remains unproven.

Laozi is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

A 1989 book is not a 1973 shovel. Split the instruments.

A 1989 book is not a 1973 shovel. Split the instruments.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Laozi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    Traditional heading of the Daodejing plus later editors, excavators, temples, or states. Complex, not an autograph.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Columbia University Press — Asian studies listColumbia University Press · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — LaoziInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Robert G. Henricks publishes an English Te-Tao Ching from the Mawangdui silks (1989-01-01). Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, and museums are not converted into extra lifetime acts. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself. Confidence is stated on the impact path. A later English edition is not a recovered autograph. If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorLaozi
  2. contributed toFactRobert G. Henricks publishes an English Te-Tao Ching from the Mawangdui silks
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). Robert G. Henricks publishes an English Te-Tao Ching from the Mawangdui silks. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/lz-henricks-mawangdui-1989

https://factrail.ai/facts/lz-henricks-mawangdui-1989

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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