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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version » (Unabridged)

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Authors: Lao Tzu, 1988 by Stephen Mitchell, Stephen Mitchell
ISBN-13: 9780061449512, ISBN-10: 0061449512
Format: MP3 Book
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: April 2007
Edition: Unabridged

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Author Biography: Lao Tzu

Stephen Mitchell's many books include the bestselling Tao Te Ching, Gilgamesh, and The Second Book of the Tao, as well as The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Gospel According to Jesus, Bhagavad Gita, The Book of Job, and Meetings with the Archangel.

Book Synopsis

In 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao-the basic principle of the universe.

Stephen Mitchell's bestselling version has been widely acclaimed as a gift to contemporary culture.

Common Boundary

Mitchell's great talent is to communicate with the profound simplicity utterly appropriate for this task. The obscure has been made transparent and available.

Table of Contents

Introduction1
Tao Te Ching - Translation13
Verbatim Translation95
Notes on the Verbatim Translation256
Commentary on Verse I271
Definitions, Concordance, and Wade-Pinyin Conversion295
List of Radicals337
AppendixSome of the Earliest English Translations of Verse One341
Sources345

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