The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu (The Essential Wisdom Library)
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0312147449 / Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, November 1996
A new translation of the Taoist classic draws as closely as possible to the literal truth of the Chinese characters, with a text that brings to Western readers the words and life philosophy of Lao Tzu. Reprint.
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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."
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