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Truth and Nature (Dao De Jing) (Chinese Edition)
Truth and Nature - Dao De Jing - Chinese Edition Author:Lao Zi With cross-references of Chinese with its English translation, this edition of The Works of Lao Zi, Truth and Nature, popularly known as Dao-De-Jing, translated by Cheng Lin, the renowned scholar of Qin Dynasty texts, enhances the understanding of the most translated and most studied Chinese classic of all times. Dao-De-Jing is a small book c... more »onsisting of approximately 5,000 words only. However, its influence on the Chinese mind, if not actually exceeding, at least has been a close rival of scores of Confucian classics put together. Its appearance has been instrumental in founding one of the three main philosophical systems in China. Aside from Buddhism which was introduced from India, and Confucianism which nominally has been the national orthodoxy, no School of Thought has occupied the same place of importance as the votaries of Taoism. The amount of interest and the extent of influence engendered by this book are vastly disproportional to its size. This translation is based on the textual studies of professor Kao Heng, whose Lao-Zi-Jeng-Guu may be rightly regarded as a work which embodies the accumulated results of the researches of more than a score of China?s most brilliant scholars.« less