Tao Te Ching
A New Translation
$37.39
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2007
Summary
A series of insightful spiritual observations on life and human nature.Part poetry, part paradox, always stirring and profound, Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching has been inspiring readers since it was written over two thousand years ago. This masterpiece is also one of the most frequently translated books in all of history, in part because the multiple meanings of the Chinese characters make it impossible to translate into a Western language in a strictly literal way. For this reason, many translations…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590303870 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590303873 |
| Author: | Sam Hamill |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“Hamill has rendered the Tao Te Ching afresh, his translation from the Chinese is achingly poetic.“—Publishers Weekly
“Exquisite renderings of the paradoxes that encircle us.”—Terry Tempest Williams
About The Author
Sam Hamill
Not much is known about the legendary Lao Tzu, to whom authorship of the Tao Te Ching is popularly attributed. Some scholars believe the author was an elder contemporary of Confucius.
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