國立臺灣大學哲學系Department of Philosophy , National Taiwan University劉福增Liu, F.T.F.T.Liu2017-09-082018-05-292017-09-082018-05-291998-01http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/281914The Lao Tzu has the distinction of having lots of directives and metaphors. This paper will make some modern analyses of these directives and metaphors. We will use theory of speech acts and modern theory of metaphors to do this study. We hope these analyses will help us a better understanding to the Lao Tzu.journal article