Tao Te Ching: The New Translation - Softcover

Kwok, Man-Ho; Palmer, Martin; Ramsay, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852303220 ISBN 13: 9781852303228

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 1997

Synopsis

Available for the first time in a handy, easy-to-use size, here is the most accessible and authoritative modern English translation of the ancient Chinese classic. This new Vintage edition includes an introduction and notes by the well-known writer and scholar of philosophy and comparative religion, Jacob Needleman.

About this title

Synopsis:

Whether there ever was such a person as Lao Tzu is not certain, but that the "Tao Te Ching" has been one of the most important texts in Chinese culture for over 2000 years is beyond question. In recent years its influence outside China has grown enormously, and it is now probably the best-known Chinese text in the West. This fresh translation reveals it as not so much a single work as a collection of ancient sayings and commentaries which together aim to light the way to a deeper understanding of both the self and the world. The authors describe the "Tao Te Ching" as a string of pearls - individual and separate, yet with an overall effect of beauty and with a pattern which unites them - which speaks across the centuries and between cultures and peoples.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1852303220
• ISBN 13: 9781852303228
• Binding: Paperback