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Tao Te Ching

The New Translation from Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition

The New Translation from Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition

By Lao Tzu

By Lao Tzu

By Lao Tzu

By Lao Tzu

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Category: Religion | Philosophy

Category: Religion | Philosophy

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Jan 10, 2008 | ISBN 9781585426188

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    About Tao Te Ching

    In the hands of Jonathan Star, the eighty-one verses of the Tao Te Ching resound with the elegant, simple images and all-penetrating ideas that have made this ancient work a cornerstone of the world’s wisdom literature.

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    About Lao Tzu

    Lao Tzu, whose name means “Old Master,” was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C.E. and the founder of the philosophical tradition of Taoism.

    About Lao Tzu

    Lao Tzu, whose name means “Old Master,” was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C.E. and the founder of the philosophical tradition of Taoism.

    Product Details

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Paperback | $10.00
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Jan 10, 2008 | 128 Pages | 5 x 7-1/8 | ISBN 9781585426188

    Category: Religion | Philosophy

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by TarcherPerigee
    Aug 25, 2003 | 128 Pages | ISBN 9781101659472

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    Praise

    “It would be hard to find a fresh approach to a text that ranks only behind the Bible as the most widely translated book in the world, but Star achieves that goal. . . . As fascinating to the casual scholar as it is for the serious student.” –NAPRA ReView “Jonathan Star’s Tao Te Ching achieves the essential: It clarifies the meaning of the text without in the slightest reducing its mystery.” -Jacob Needleman

    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

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