Tao Te Ching (Taoist masters series) - Softcover

Lao Zi; Lao Tzu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0947992863 ISBN 13: 9780947992866

Publisher: Llanerch Press, 1992

Synopsis

Translated by Leon Wieger, with summaries of the writings attributed to Huai-nan-tzu, Kuan-yin-tsu, & Tung-ku-ching. The Taoist Masters series. A good, clean & sound copy.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Tao-Te-Ching -- the unfolding of life -- is a book to read again and again. Lao-Tzu's timeless work is of value to everyone, regardless of personal beliefs, traditions, and religious practices. It poetically encapsulates the primordial wisdom of another time, when the Sage was able to live a contemplative life, unencumbered by complex rites or the cares of the world. It is a guide that shows us how yielding leads to transformation; it reveals the highest manifestation of life, forever seeking its highest expression.

Originally translated into French by Leon Wieger, the 1913 edition was published as Les Peres du Systeme Taoiste. Wieger was recognized by the great Orientalist, Ananda Coomaraswamy, as one of the "handful" of Western Orientalists who truly understood Chinese philosophy. Derek Bryce now brings Wieger's French into English. His translation demonstrates a conscious commitment to both the original Chinese text and the profound insights of Wieger's work. To this edition, Bryce adds summaries of the writings attributed to three other Taoists -- Huai-Nan-Tzu, Kuan-Yin-Tzu, and Tung-Ku-Ching -- from Wieger's Histoire des Croyances et des Opinions Philosophiques en Chine (1917). The Wieger-Bryce translation offers the reader new insights into the eternal wisdom of the Tao-Te-Ching.

From the Inside Flap:

This translation offers incomparable fidelity to the ancient meanings contained within Tao-te-Ching, the classic account of the primordial wisdom of ancient times, in which the Sage, hidden amongst the people, lives a contemplative life unencumbered by complex rites or the cares of the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Llanerch Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0947992863
• ISBN 13: 9780947992866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120