The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu: A New Translation

Lao Tzu; Brian Browne Walker (Translation)

ISBN 10: 0312131909 / ISBN 13: 9780312131906

Published by St. Martin's Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu: A New Translation
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312131909
• ISBN 13: 9780312131906
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu is one of the most widely read and deeply cherished books in the world, a work many consider the wisest book ever written. In his introduction, translator Brian Browne Walker says, "It is less a book than a living, breathing angel."
In his new translation, Walker stays close to the direct literal accuracy of the Chinese characters while producing a modern, exceptionally clear version that has the ring and voice of Lao Tzu, a man who may or may not have been a single individual. "I have come to think of Lao Tzu less as a man who once lived," Walker writes, "and more as a song that plays, eternal and abiding."

Synopsis

A new translation of the classic "Book of the Way" provides a manual on the art of living.