Tao te Ching: The Definitive Edition

This unique edition of the Tao Te Ching features:

• the first comprehensive verbatim translation of the entire text of the Tao Te Ching;
• literal character definitions that allow the reader to create his or her own interpretation;
• a concordance section that enables the reader to track the different ways a single character is used throughout the work;
• grammatical and interpretive notes on individual terms and verses; * a unique commentary on the first verse, which represents a complete spiritual teaching in itself; and
• a literary translation of the Tao Te Ching that can be read on its own or compared with the verbatim translation.

ISBN-13: 9781585422692

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Publication Date: 08-25-2003

Pages: 368

Product Dimensions: 7.10(w) x 8.44(h) x 0.96(d)

Age Range: 18 - 14 Years

Jonathan Star has been widely acclaimed for his translations of everything from Rumi to the Tao Te Ching to the greatest Christian mystics. Of his celebrated Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved, Larry Dossey wrote, "Rumi would be proud of Star's luminous translations." Star lives in upstate New York.

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Tao Te Ching

The Definitive Edition

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By Lao Tzu

Jeremy P. Tarcher

Copyright © 2003 Lao Tzu
All right reserved.
ISBN: 158542269X

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Chapter One

VERSE 1

A way that can be walked
    is not The Way
A name that can be named
    is not The Name<

Table of Contents

Tao Te ChingIntroduction
Tao Te Ching - Translation
Verbatim Translation
Notes on the Verbatim Translation
Commentary on Verse 1
Definitions, Concordance, and Wade-Pinyin Conversion
List of Radicals
Appendix: Some of the Earliest English Translations of Verse One
Sources