This volume presents the most important monument of Taoist philosophical thought (2nd century BC), created during the period of the highest flowering of the culture of Ancient China. The work consists of treatise chapters. Half of the treatises offered to the reader are published in Russian for the first time. The translation was carried out by the famous Russian sinologist, leading expert on ancient Chinese literature L.E. Pomerantseva; She also compiled notes and indexes. The Appendix includes the translator's research on the philosophy of Taoism.