Tao Te Ching, 9781398861282
Hardcover
Ancient wisdom for living well: simplicity, humility, and non-action.

Tao Te Ching

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  • Hardcover

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2025

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Summary

Tao Te Ching: A Timeless Guide to Living Well

‘All things end in the Tao just as the small streams and the largest rivers flow through the valleys to the sea.’

The Tao Te Ching came into existence some 2,500 years ago, since when it has become the most influential text of Eastern philosophy. Best translated as The Classic of the Way and its Power (or Virtue), its teachings are of simplicity, humility, and ‘non-action’, and its cadenced poet…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781398861282
ISBN-10:1398861286
Series:Arcturus Silkbound Classics
Author:Lao Tzu
Publisher:Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint:Arcturus
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:1 October 2025
Weight:609g
Dimensions:231mm x 150mm x 19mm
About The Author

Lao Tzu

According to tradition, Lao Tzu (an honorific title, meaning ‘Old Master’) was a contemporary of Confucius and the father of Taoism in the 6th Century BC. Many modern scholars, however, doubt his existence and contend that the Tao Te Ching was the work of several authors. Translator John H. Macdonald studied several different versions of the Tao Te Ching in an attempt to find consensus between them and determine the literal meaning of the original.

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