Lao-tzu, A Study in Chinese Philosophy is part of the Ethics catalogue. The record identifies Watters, Thomas, 1840-1901 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.

Edition profile

The extracted text contains approximately 35,489 words, corresponding to an estimated 155 minutes of reading, and is divided into 12 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 22.8 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.143. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

Catalog context

The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Philosophy, Chinese, Laozi, Laozi. Dao de jing. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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