The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu (The Essential Wisdom Library) - Softcover

Tzu, Lao

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312147449 ISBN 13: 9780312147440

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Synopsis

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu is one of the most widely read and deeply cherished books in the world, a work many consider the wisest book ever written. In his introduction, translator Brian Browne Walker says, "It is less a book than a living, breathing angel."

In his new translation, Walker stays close to the direct literal accuracy of the Chinese characters while producing a modern, exceptionally clear version that has the ring and voice of Lao Tzu, a man who may or may not have been a single individual. "I have come to think of Lao Tzu less as a man who once lived," Walker writes, "and more as a song that plays, eternal and abiding."

About this title

About the Author:

Brian Browne Walker has been a student of Chinese and Taoist philosophy for many years now. He has translated the Hua Hu Ching and the I Ching and has written The Crazy Dog Guide to Lifetime Happiness and The Crazy Dog Guide to Happier Work. He lives with his daughter in Boulder, Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0312147449
• ISBN 13: 9780312147440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112