Dao de Jing in Clear English: Including a Step-By-Step Translation
- ISBN-10
- 173206380X
- ISBN-13
- 9781732063808
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-05-15
Description
The Dao De Jing, also called the Tao Te Ching, was originally written in the 6th century BCE by the Chinese sage Laozi. Only 5,000 Chinese characters long, its concise and beautiful wording and its profound insights into the nature of the universe make it one of the most influential books ever written.This wonderful new book expresses the Dao De Jing in simple, contemporary language, while remaining true to the rhythms and poetic structure of the original Chinese. A key feature of this book is an innovative step-by-step translation that lets the reader not only read the English version, but to gain deeper insights from the original Chinese text even if they don't speak or read Chinese.
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