王弼
The "Taodejing" exists in two received versions, named after the commentaries. The "Heshang Gong version" (see below) explains textual references to Daoist meditation, but the "Wang Bi version" explains them away. Wang Bi (226–249) was a scholar of "Xuanxue" "mysterious studies; neo-Daoism", which adapted Confucianism to explain Daoism, and his version eventually became the standard "Tao Te Ching" interpretation. Richard Wilhelm said Wang Bi's commentary changed the "Tao Te Ching" "from a compendiary of magical meditation to a collection of free philosophical "aperçus"".