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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 299.51482 EAN: 9780345370990 ISBN: 0345370996 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: June 30, 1992 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: June 30, 1992 Studio: Ballantine Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Lao-tzu's "Te-Tao Ching" has been treasured for thousands of years for its poetic statement of life's most profound and elusive truths. This new translation, based on the 1973 discovery of two copies of the manuscript more than five centuries older than any others known, corrects many defects of the later versions. In his extensive commentary, Professor Henricks reevaluates traditional interpretations. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The path to contentmentThe Te Tao Ching, or The Book of the Way and its Power, written around 500 B.C., is traditionally attributed to a man named Li Erh. Because of his wisdom, he is given the title "Lao Tzu", which means "old Master". Many historians believe, however, that it better represents the ancient Chinese thought of around 300 B.C., directly following and reacting to the Era of the Warring States. In any case, the book is a collection of teachings on the correct method of living with virtue and the following ... Read More Rating: - The path to contentmentThe Te Tao Ching, or The Book of the Way and its Power, written around 500 B.C., is traditionally attributed to a man named Li Erh. Because of his wisdom, he is given the title "Lao Tzu", which means "old Master". Many historians believe, however, that it better represents the ancient Chinese thought of around 300 B.C., directly following and reacting to the Era of the Warring States. In any case, the book is a collection of teachings on the correct method of living with virtue and the following ... Read More Rating:  - An interesting look at new versions of the textThe reviewer Mr. Forrest couldn't understand why the translator changed the name of the text or re-ordered the two parts. If he had read the book he would know that Ma-Wang-Tui texts had this ordering in the original. He would also know that since the two parts are known as the "Tao" and the "Te" ("the way" and "the virtue"), the naming of the book is perfectly appropriate. Mr. Henricks divides his book into two parts also. The first is a straight-forward translation. The second contains the translation ... Read More Rating:  - Whatever works best for youThere are hundreds of translations of the TTC available in English. I found this one to be a little lifeless. I was surprised to find that the premise of calling the book the Te Tao Ching, rather than the Tao Te Ching was that the translator thought the two halves of the book would have been put in a basket one on top of each other, in reverse order. I do not know why it is important to reorder the work, for me it has always made sense in the traditional order, i.e. first to understand what the Tao ... Read More Rating: - Mr Henrick's excellent translation of the Te-Tao ChingThe book of Lao Tzu - Te-Tao Ching is one of the ancient Chinese classics of Taoist philosophy that has been read by scholars and translated and published in books many times with varying translation results. It describes the philosophy of Virtue and The Way in 81 short Chapters. This translation is based on two original manuscripts - named Ma-Wang-Tui - that pre-date the manucripts used in the excellent tranlation by D.C. Lau. In Mr Henricks' translation, he presents two choices for the reader; ... Read More 
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