Tao Te Ching (Hackett Classics) copyright 1993 Edition, Kindle Edition
by Lao-Tzu (Author), Burton Watson (Introduction), Stephen Addiss (Translator), Stanley Lombardo (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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This translation captures the terse and enigmatic beauty of the ancient original and resists the tendency toward interpretive paraphrase found in many other editions. Along with the complete translation, Lombardo and Addiss provide one or more key lines from the original Chinese for each of the eighty-one sections, together with a transliteration of the Chinese characters and a glossary commenting on the pronunciation and meaning of each Chinese character displayed. This greatly enhances the reader's appreciation of how the Chinese text works and feels and the different ways it can be translated into English.
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copyright 1993
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Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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15 October 1993
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"Mitchell's rendition of the "Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom."-- Huston Smith, author of "The Religions of Man""Mitchell's great talent is to communicate with the profound simplicity utterly appropriate for this task. The obscure has been made transparent and available."-- "Common Boundary""Beautiful and accessible; the English, as 'fluid as melting ice, ' is a joy to read throughout."-- "The New Republic" --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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ASIN : B005CW9YB2
Publisher : Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.; copyright 1993 edition (15 October 1993)
Language : English
File size : 4290 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Print length : 128 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0872202321
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Salwa
1.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
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Waste of money. Not even translated right it’s literally the people who wrote the book wrong interpretation of the beautiful Tao Te Ching really disappointed. They made Tao Te Ching all about God which it’s really not. The person who wrote this was Christian trying to push his thoughts on others I’m disgusted.
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H. A. Weedon
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Subtle Illumination.' Great Translation.
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Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo have achieved here an excellent, readily assimilated translation of the Tao Te Ching into English, which is rewardingly enhanced by Burton Watson's very helpful introduction, in which he clearly explains in succinct fashion all the salient points necessary for the best appreciation of the text. A helpful translators' preface and pronunciation guide are also included along with a glossary of Chinese words appearing at the end of the work, in which the western style alphabetical spelling of a variety of Chinese picture writing characters is given. Attractive calligraphic illustrations are dispersed throughout the work.
Not very much is known about Lao Tzu to whom authorship of the Tao Te Ching is attributed. Tradition has it that he was a contemporary of Confucius (551-479 BCE) and that the two of them met on at least one occasion, but we cannot be sure about this. Whereas Confucianism is very much a male orientated, good governance teaching from the top down aspect, Taoism confronts the vagaries of daily existence as experienced by every day folk. More is known about a later Tao teacher called Cuang Tzu whose teachings are found in The Book of Chuang Tzu, which is also available in English translations.
Some may find it beneficial to read a page of this work on a daily basis, returning to the beginning after the final saying has been read. Among other helpful attributes of the work is its function as an antidote to the humbug encountered in daily life, especially that of both political and religious kinds. Those with experience of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism cannot fail to notice how it has been beneficially influenced by Taoism. Indeed, there may well have been a mutual influence. At the beginning of the work we are told that 'naming is the mother of ten thousand things.' and that names can name no lasting things. In a way, this sets the stage for the difference between Taoist and Confucianist priorities: mother orientated for the one and father orientated for the other, except that Taoism isn't really orientated at all. It's simply knowing what it is to truly BE, which is, of course, unbeable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A blue print for a better world?
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Having been brought up in a moderately Christian household and having attended schools where daily prayers and bible readings were the norm, I thought divine scriptures were the blue print of how to live ones life. How wrong I have been for such a long time.
If we also followed the Tao Te Ching, I am fairly certain there would be no wars and we would all live in harmony with one another. Also it is older than the New Testament and simpler. I think its simplicity is part of its beauty and I sort of wish I had bought the paperback version instead of the kindle format because of the calligraphy and paintings.
On a lunch break at work, I sat on a small stone bridge in the sunshine in the middle of a nature reserve listening to the peaceful flowing of water and reading the Tao Te Ching, if anyone could experience and feel what I felt, they would understand why this is such a beautiful book. As many others suggest, do not ponder, leave something off your shopping list and buy the book, it will change your perception and, I hope, enlighten you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book for life
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One of those books you can’t just understand straight away. Some parts speak to me but I feel you are not suppose to understand it all. I think with new experiences in life more things will make sense
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Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars “Like a piece of art”
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Can be quite difficult to read but if you take your time you can read through it fairly quickly, not that you would want to though as it seems to be a book that will extract your own views, kind of like a piece of art where everyone who views it can see it at a different angle. I can imagine that you would extract different meanings from the text each time you read it so quite a valuable book in terms of longevity.
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