Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Laozi, Stephen Mitchell, Lao-tzu, Stephen A. Mitchell (Translator)
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(Paperback - Reprint)
- Pub. Date: September 2006
- 144pp
- Sales Rank: 10,862
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2006
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Format: Paperback, 144pp
- Sales Rank: 10,862
- Series: Perennial Classics Series
- ISBN-13: 9780061142666
- ISBN: 0061142662
- Edition Description: Reprint
Synopsis
Tao Te Ching, also commonly known as Lao Tzu, is perhaps the most important of Chinese classical texts, with an unparalleled influence on Chinese thought. This bilingual edition consists of two parts. The English text in Part One is a reprint of the earlier translation of the so-called Wang Pi text, first published by Penguin Books in 1963. Part Two is the fresh translation of a text which is a conflation of two manuscripts of the Lao Tzu, dating at the latest from the early Western Han and discovered at Ma Wang Tui in December 1973. The result is a text with a fuller use of particles, free from the scribal errors and editorial tampering of subsequent ages.
Annotation
The most accessible and authoritative English translation of the ancient Chinese classic. Offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tzu's teaching alive.
New Republic
Beautiful and accessible; the English, as 'fluid as melting ice,' is a joy to read throughout.
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Stephen Mitchell's many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel.
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November 21, 2009: This is the book you need to condense the teachings of many other holy books into one. And you can carry it with you and keep it close to you for daily inspiration.
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October 10, 2009: If I could only have 3 books - this would be top on my list
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