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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 181.114 EAN: 9780877738626 ISBN: 0877738629 Label: Shambhala Manufacturer: Shambhala Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: September 29, 1992 Publisher: Shambhala Release Date: September 29, 1992 Studio: Shambhala Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Lao-tzu, the legendary sage of ancient China, is traditionally considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the most popular classics of world literature. Now Lao-tzu's further teachings on the Tao, or Way, are presented here in the first English translation of the Chinese text known as the Wen-tzu. Although previously ignored by Western scholars, the Wen-tzu has long been revered by the Chinese as one of the great classics of ancient Taoism. In it, Lao-tzu shows that the cultivation of simplicity and spontaneity is essential to both the enlightened individual and the wise leader. This timeless work will appeal to a broad audience of contemporary readers who have come to consider Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching a classic on the art of living. Average Rating:
 Rating: - ShamhalaThis book provides an imminently readable translation of the fascinating oral teachings of Lao Tzu. Think of it as presenting Lao Tzu, the metaphor or amalgam of Taoist thinking, as opposed to Lao Tzu the author. Approached this way, the book feels like an extrapolation of Te Tao Ching. The reader gets the chance to read and conclude on the reasonableness of the extrapolation. I liked it, and thought the logic and mysticism therein were very similar to that in the Te Tao Ching. As such, I ... Read More Rating: - A Book for Real PeopleI do not claim to be an expert on ancient Chinese civilization. However, I do seem to be able to recognize the spirit of the true Tao when I encounter it. This book is the distillation of that spirit and the last of the great books in the line of the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang-tzu, and the Huianan-tzu. Like those books this is a work written for "real people" (i.e. those men and women- of whatever origins or class- who are free from artificialities and centered in the Tao.) Such sages once existed ... Read More Rating: - Wen-TzuThis book I personally consider as being the "Bible of all Bibles", the most profound source and complete collection of ancient human wisdom from the "father of wisdom" - as Alan W. Watts justly called Lao-Tzu: It is unsurpassed and would deserve more than just "5 stars". (Also published under the title: "Further teachings of Lao-Tzu - Understanding the Mysteries; The long-forgotten sequel to the Tao-Te-Ching".) This book should be mandatory reading for every "human being" who strives to become a ... Read More Rating: - Fills a gap in the Taoist canonHistorically, Wen Tzu is said to have been a student of Lao Tzu, the founding author of Taoism. At least on the surface, the writing bears out that statement. Every chapter starts with the phrase "Lao Tzu said", possibly in answer to a question posed by Wen, as if Wen were writing down the master's teachings directly. Points of style also seem more like Lao Tzu than like later authors. In fact, the Wen Tzu fits nicely into a continuum. Lao was the earliest, also the most poetic, abstract, ... Read More Rating: - An eye-opener!I frankly had some difficulties with Lao Tzu. It may be due to the fact that the book's popularity invites too many "free" translations and "interpretations". This book is more unknown, but that means that the translation is a bit more scholarly. Wen-Tzu does explain essential aspects of taoism, and how to include them in your everyday life. He is clear where Lao Tzu is obscure, and practical where Lao Tzu is philosophical. Simplistic, but not simple - all of these teachings are easy to understand, but ... Read More 
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