The Tao Te Ching Collected

by Lao Tzu, James Legge (Translator), Paul Carus (Translator), D. T. Suzuki (Translator), Dwight Goddard (Translator)

Overview

The Tao Te Ching (Wade-Giles romanization), Daodejing (pinyin romanization), or Classic of the Way and Its Virtue or Power (???)--also known as the the Laozi (??), the Sutra of the Way and Its Virtue or Power (????, Daode Zhenjing), or the 5000-Character Classic (???, Wuqian Wen)--is a seminal Chinese Taoist text traditionally ascribed to a 6th-century BCE sage known as Laozi (Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tze, or Lao-Tse) or the "Old Master", the founder of philosophical Taoism.

The text's true authorship and date of composition or compilation are uncertain, although the oldest excavated text dates back to the late 4th century BCE.

This book collects some of the earliest English translations of the Tao Te Ching in one volume. The editions are included as originally published without editorial revision.

Included in this edition are the following translations of Laozi's Daodeqing:

1. Tâo Teh King - The Tao and Its Characteristics Translated by James Legge
2. The Canon of Reason and Virtue (Lao-tze's Tao Teh King) in Chinese and English Translated by D.T. Suzuki & Paul Carus
3. Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei Translated by Dwight Goddard also including Wu Wei an Interpretation by Henri Borel Translated by M.E. Reynolds
4. Tao Tê Ching Translated by Ch'u Ta-Kao
5. Tao Te King Translated by Isabella Mears
6. The Tao Teh King - A Short Study in Comparative Religion Translated by C. Spurgeon Medhurst
7. The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze, The Contemporary of Confucius, China, B.C. 604, A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-Teh-King by Walter Gorn Old
8. The Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of the "Old Philosopher" Lau-tsze Translated by John Chalmers
9. The Sayings of Lao Tzu Translated by Lionel Giles
10. Gems of Chinese Literature - Lao Tzu-Sayings Translated by Herbert Allen Giles

May these texts inspire and enlighten you as they have so many others.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161528235
Publisher:	Castanea Classics
Publication date:	08/03/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Laozi; Lao-Tze; Chinese: ??; pinyin: Laozi, literally "Old Master" was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching, the founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions.

A semi-legendary figure, Laozi was usually portrayed as a 6th-century BC contemporary of Confucius, but some modern historians consider him to have lived during the Warring States period of the 4th century BC. A central figure in Chinese culture, Laozi is claimed by both the emperors of the Tang dynasty and modern people of the Li surname as a founder of their lineage. Laozi's work has been embraced by both various anti-authoritarian movements and Chinese Legalism. [Wikipedia]