Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Daodejing presents a variety of approaches to the Daodejing and how it can productively engage with contemporary philosophical debates and explore perspectives on living a good life. This edited volume is not only for students and scholars who are interested in the Daodejing as situated in classical Chinese contexts. This edited volume also takes readers to explore how the Daodejing provide a different possibility for challenging our long-held assumptions and beliefs, dealing with practical concerns we have now and living in our contemporary world. Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Daodejing also presents possibilities of translating different kinds of textual studies into ways of philosophizing due to new ideas they deliver and questions they bring about.