However, Schwabe does not read Laozi in translation because a lot of translations copy from each other and badly miss the meaning of the original. "Laozi itself is actually very straightforward.
不過施維禮自己不讀翻譯本，因為許多翻譯本互相抄襲，離老子原意太遠。「老子原文其實很樸素」，施維禮說。