Tao Te Ching
Zen Teachings on the Taoist Classic
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
17 July 2013
Summary
“Zen Teachings on the Taoist Classic”
This version of the Tao Te Ching presents the classic in a unique light, through the eyes of a renowned master of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Takuan Soho, who lived from 1573 to 1645, was an acerbic, witty, free spirit; a painter, poet, author, calligrapher, gardener, and a tea master. He was also a confidant and teacher to shoguns and many other powerful and famous figures, among them the famed swordsmen Yagyu Munenori and, according to legend, Miy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590308967 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590308964 |
| Author: | Takuan Soho, Lao Tzu, Thomas Cleary |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 17 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 217mm x 140mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
“Renders the classic anew and authentically, accompanied by Chinese ink paintings and ancillary material.”– Publishers Weekly
“Renders the classic anew and authentically, accompanied by Chinese ink paintings and ancillary material.”—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Takuan Soho
Thomas Cleary holds a Ph.D in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He is the translator of more than fifty volumes of Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Islamic texts from Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, Pali, and Arabic.
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