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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
Tao Te Ching A New English Version
Author: Lao Tzu, Stephen Mitchell (Translator)
Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit. This book is about wisdom in action. It ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060916084
ISBN-10: 0060916087
Publication Date: 6/1991
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a very elegant translation of this book to English. It reads with poetic fluidity. The words read with a liquid quality as if it was written originally in English. Unlike the other translations, though good, at some places they get choppy, as if words were forced, wedged in. Mitchell preserves the simplicity of the message with utter elegance.


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