The Tao Te Ching (Wade-Giles romanization), Daodejing (pinyin romanization), or Classic of the Way and Its Virtue or Power (道德經)—sometimes called the the Laozi (老子), the Sutra of the Way and Its Virtue or Power (道德真經, Daode Zhenjing), or the 5000-Character Classic (五千文, Wuqian Wen)—is a seminal Chinese Taoist text traditionally ascribed to a 6th-century BCE sage referred to as Laozi (Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tze, or Lao-Tse) or the “Old Master”, the founder of philosophical Taoism.
The text’s true authorship and date of composition or compilation are uncertain, even though the oldest excavated text dates back to the late 4th century BCE.
This book collects one of the vital earliest English translations of the
Tao Te Ching in one volume. The editions are included as at the start published without editorial revision.Included on this edition are the next translations of Laozi’s
Daodeqing:- Tâo Teh King – The Tao and Its Characteristics Translated by James Legge
- Laotzu’s Tao and Wu Wei Translated by Dwight Goddard also including Wu Wei, An Interpretation by Henri Borel Translated by M.E. Reynolds
- Tao Tê Ching Translated by Ch’u Ta-Kao
- Tao Te King Translated by Isabella Mears
- The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze, The Recent of Confucius, China, B.C. 604, A New Translation from the Text of the Tao-Teh-King by Walter Gorn Old
- The Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of the “Old Philosopher” Lau-tsze Translated by John Chalmers
- The Sayings of Lao Tzu Translated by Lionel Giles
- Gems of Chinese Literature – Lao Tzŭ-Sayings Translated by Herbert Allen Giles
May these texts inspire and enlighten you as they have got such a lot of others.
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