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I would like to admit that my remarks were not written based on particularly well thought out plans. In fact, I was still progressing with my thoughts on the details of the tao te ching while trying to elaborate on my general viewpoints of the book. This was a good opportunity for me to organize my thoughts and delve deeper into some of the philosophical issues that I was interested in.

One of the reasons I decided to write on the tao te ching was that I was not able to discover any reference materials or books that provided very detailed analyses of the book in relation to western philosophy. Of course, I do not believe that by any means I was able to provide sufficient analyses that satisfactorily answer the issues that I discussed. In fact, one will notice many holes, flaws or inconsistencies in my writings. I always welcome any constructive critiques of my writings even though deep in my mind I am allergic to any type of criticism.

One may justifiably argue that my writings are far from polished and somewhat unorganized and mix lots of seemingly unrelated issues that seem to miss the point. One may even argue that my points are quite extreme, puerile, and biased. Nevertheless, writing on this blog was personally a good philosophical exercise for me and I do not regret writing them.

By the point of writing this endnote, I cannot help but admit that all these remarks were written essentially from Hegelian perspectives. I wish to come back to this blog about a decade later with different philosophical subjects, and I hope I will have improved significantly in my understanding of philosophy and intellectual issues.

Thank you.