Written during the golden age of Chinese philosophy, and composed partly in prose and partly in verse, the Tao Te Ching is surely the most terse and economical of the world’s great religious texts. In a series of short, profound chapters it elucidates the idea of the Tao, or the Way–an idea that in its ethical, practical, and spiritual dimensions has become essential to the life of China’s enormously powerful civilization. In the process of this elucidation, Lao-tzu both clarifies and deepens those central religious mysteries around which our life on earth revolves.
Translation of the Ma Wang Tui Manuscripts by D. C. Lau
Translation of the Ma Wang Tui Manuscripts by D. C. Lau
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780679433163
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date: 10-18-1994
Pages: 168
Product Dimensions: 5.17(w) x 8.32(h) x 0.58(d)
Series: Everyman's Library Classics
About the Author
Lao Tzu (also Laozi) was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is known as the reputed author of Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism.
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