Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained

Tao Te Ching is the 2,500 years old source to Taoism, written by the legendary Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu. In 81 short chapters, he presented the world according to Tao, the Way, and how mankind should adapt to it. The book has become one of the foremost world classics of wisdom - maybe even more relevant today than it was to Lao Tzu's contemporaries.This translation of the text focuses on the clarity and simplicity by which Lao Tzu expressed his fascinating cosmology and profound ethics. Each chapter is thoroughly explained in its ancient Chinese context, also regarding how this old wisdom can be understood and applied today.