Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

by Laozi
Tao Te Ching

Tao Te Ching

by Laozi

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781535229333
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 07/12/2016
Pages: 84
Sales rank: 950,043
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.17(d)

About the Author

Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher. According to Chinese tradition, Laozi lived in the 6th century BC, however many historians contend that Laozi actually lived in the 4th century BC, which was the period of Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period, while others contend he was a mythical figure. Laozi was credited with writing the seminal Taoist work, the Tao Te Ching, which was originally known as the Laozi.

Taishang Laojun was a title for Laozi in the Taoist religion. It refers to One of the Three Pure Ones.

Table of Contents

Introductionvii
Book 13
Book 243
List of Passages for Comparison89
Appendices
1The Problem of Authorship90
2The Nature of the Work104
Chronological Table115
Glossary116
Notes126
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