In 1993, archaeologists unearthed a set of ancient bamboo scrolls that contained the earliest known version of the Dao de jing. Composed more than two thousand years ago, this life-changing document offers a regimen of self-cultivation to attain personal excellence and revitalize moral behavior. Now in this luminous new translation, renowned China scholars Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall bring the timeless wisdom of the Dao de jing into our contemporary world. In this elegant volume, Ames and Hall feature the original Chinese texts of the Dao de jing and translate them into crisp, chiseled English that reads like poetry. Each of the eighty-one brief chapters is followed by clear, thought-provoking commentary exploring the layers of meaning in the text. This new version of one of the world’s most influential documents will stand as both a compelling introduction to Daoist thought and as the classic modern English translation.

Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation (English and Mandarin Chinese Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Roger Ames

David Hall

Lao-zi

Philosophy

Ballantine Books

The Teachings of Lao-Tzu: The Tao Te Ching

The Teachings of Lao-Tzu: The Tao Te Ching (Hardcover) (Chinese Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Other Eastern Religions & Sacred Texts

Rider

Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was uniquely qualified to produce a translation of Lao-tzus Tao Te Ching. He was called the finest English metrical poet of his generation by some of his contemporaries, and his work is anthologized in the Oxford Book of Mystical Verse. He was also a profound and experienced magician, mystic, and philosopher, trained in western esotericism, Hermeticism, the Qabalah and more traditional western philosophy, but with a deep and abiding interest in the ancient philosophies of the Orient.   Crowley traveled widely in the East, and he actually walked across Southern China in 1906. His first-hand experience of the Orient made him one of the first students in the West to grasp oriental philosophy on its own terms, without a Eurocentric or Judeo-Christian cultural bias.  The Chinese scholar Hellmut WIlhelp acknowledged the primacy of Crowleys work in Taoist studies. Crowley had no Chinese, and his translation is that of a poet interpreting the dry and scholastic translation of James Legge, as Ezra Pound would later do with the Confucian Analects. He contributes and autobiographical and critical introduction that discusses his religious philosophy and his lifelong attraction to Taoism, and his extensive notes and commentary to his translation help to amplify the meaning of the Chinese classic.   This edition includes Crowleys verse translation of the Ching-ching Ching (Liber XXI, The Classic of Purity) as an appendix.  This edition includes an editorial forward by Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior of O.T.O., as well as bibliography and index.

Aleister Crowley's Tao Teh King

Weiser, US

Dao De Jing: The Old Sage's Classic of the Way of Virtue

Religious Studies

Sun Pub Co

Wisdom of the Daoist Masters: The Works of Lao Zi (Lao Tzu), Lie Zi (Lieh Tzu), Zhuang Zi(Chuang Tzu)

BRYCE, Derek

Wieger, Léon

Lie Zi

Llanerch Press

The Tao Te Ching (or the more modern spelling: Dao de Jing), is said to be one of the most translated texts in the world, second to only the Bible. So, “Why is another translated version of the Tao Te Ching necessary?” you might ask. If you have ever before read a translation of the Tao Te Ching, you have inevitably come across one of three common variations: 1) a translation by a non-native English speaker whose writing style is not so familiar or easily comprehensible, 2) a translation by a Western academic who, focusing on historical and political context, includes a plethora of dry factual information, or 3) a translation that appears rather mystical, abstruse, spiritual and poetic, but written by someone who lacks understanding and familiarity of the Chinese language and, consequently, the actual source of the Tao Te Ching. Chen Zhi-qiang's new version, The Practical Tao Te Ching of Lao-zi, takes a fresh and original perspective by interpreting the Chinese language source while considering the fundamental Tao sensibilities of: Non-duality, impermanence, wu-wei (non-striving), nature and naturalness, and Virtue. Read the Tao Te Ching with these basic Tao concepts in mind and realize what truths Lao-zi recognizes about the nature of our humanity, our existential reality, and our shared human condition.

The Practical Tao Te Ching of Lao-zi: Rational Meditations on Non-duality, Impermanence, Wu-wei (non-striving), Nature and Naturalness, and Virtue

Mushin Press

Tao Te Ching

Literature & Fiction

Lao, Tzu

Classics

Kyle Cathie

Tao Te Ching : The Classic Work of Wisdom and Inspiration

Christian Books & Bibles

Hodder&Stoughton

《道德经》又称《道德真经》《老子》，分“道经”“德经”上下两篇，共八十一章。它不仅是道家（包括道教）代表作，而且还被尊为诸子之首、万经之王。《道德经》虽然只有五千多字，却蕴含着极为丰富的哲学、政治、军事、教育、人生处世等各方面智慧。《道德经》把人放置于大自然这一无限的时空中去探求人与自然、人与人、身与心之间的关系，通过逆向思维，提出了许多为时人所忽略的重大问题。在本体论方面，老子提出了其思想体系中的最高概念“道”和与之密切相关的“德”。“道”是天地间所有规律、真理的总称，是整体，是客观存在；而“德”是指具体事物的规律、本性，是个别，是主观存在。在方法论方面，《道德经》重视辩证地去观察、处理问题，认识到有与无、高与下、前与后、好与坏、善与恶等事物都是在相互对立中才能出现，并由此提出“无为”方能“无不为”的政治主张。《道德经》治国的核心理念是“顺应自然，无为而治”，向往“小国寡民”社会，还提出诸如反对苛政暴敛、保证百姓温饱、维护社会安定等一系列具体的政治措施。《道德经》的人生哲学，主要是引导人们贵柔守雌、和光同尘、知足抱朴，恢复到无知无欲的婴儿状态。 《道德经》作为道家最重要的典籍，对中华民族乃至整个世界都产生了重大影响。在中国，儒、道两家互为表里，相辅相成，不仅共同铸就了中华民族的心理品格，甚至对于整个民族生活习俗、思维方式的形成，都起到了主导作用。可以说，不了解儒、道两家，就不了解中国的过去，因而也无法深刻理解中国的今天和未来。《道德经》对世界的影响也不容忽视。《道德经》是被译介得最多的中国典籍，已被译为73种语言文字，是英语世界发行量仅次于《圣经》和《薄伽梵歌》的书籍，而德国前总理施罗德甚至呼吁每个德国家庭都应该买一本《道德经》，以帮助人们解决思想上的困惑。

DAO DE JING (EN CHINOIS)

ZHBC

Te Ching [Paperback]

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