Tao Te Ching

by Lao Tzu

Overview

A classic of meditative insight and a timeless influence on Eastern philosophy and art, the Tao Te Ching is now available in a high-quality hardcover gift edition. Authoritative Legge translation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486841908
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	05/21/2020
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Trapp is the author of Chinese Characters, Chinese Proverbs and also has translated a new edition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. A Chinese language graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, he teaches and translates Mandarin and is a former Education Officer at the British Museum.

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by Lao Tzu.
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Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
Book 13
Book 243
	List of Passages for Comparison	89
	Appendices
1	The Problem of Authorship	90
2	The Nature of the Work	104
	Chronological Table	115
	Glossary	116
	Notes	126

Editorial Reviews

"It would be hard to find a fresh approach to a text that ranks only behind the Bible as the most widely translated book in the world, but Star achieves that goal. . . . As fascinating to the casual scholar as it is for the serious student." -NAPRA ReView "Jonathan Star's Tao Te Ching achieves the essential: It clarifies the meaning of the text without in the slightest reducing its mystery." -Jacob Needleman

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