Summary
An expert on Chinese poetry and philosophy offers a definitive modern translation ofLao Tzu’s Taoistclassic-consideredthe most influential spiritual text in human history.Like all of his translations, Hinton’s translation of the Tao Te Ching is mind-opening, presenting startling new dimensions in this widely-influential text. He shows how Lao Tzu’s spirituality is structured around the generative life-force and that this system of thought weaves the human into natural process at the deepest l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781619025561 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1619025566 |
| Author: | David Hinton |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint |
| Imprint: | Counterpoint |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 9 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 156g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm |
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“Hinton has established himself as the premier Chinese translator of our generation… He is a national treasure.”
“Hinton has established himself as the premier Chinese translator of our generation… He is a national treasure.”–The New York Sun
About The Author
David Hinton
David Hinton has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and both of the major awards given for poetry translation in the United States- the Landon Translation Award, and the PEN Translation Award. His recent book of essays, Hunger Mountain- A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape, was on the Best-Books-of-the-Year list at The Guardian in England. Hinton lives in Vermont.
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