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The Tao Te Ching, a more than two-thousand-year-old collection of eighty-one poems, offers timeless insight into how to live in harmony with oneself and the world. The central concept of the Tao Te Ching, wu wei, literally meaning "inexertion," "inaction," or "effortless action," is presented as the means of achieving ziran, a state of "as-it-isness." A fundamental text for Taoism, the Tao Te Ching is one of the most treasured and widely translated texts of all time, and one that has influenced art and literature the world over. This edition presents a faithful modern translation by John H. McDonald that is broadly praised for its eloquence, simplicity, lyricism, and clarity. Also included is the essay "A Brief History of Early Chinese Philosophy" by renowned scholar and teacher Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and a biographical note.

ISBN-13

9781959891055

ISBN-10

1959891057

Weight

0.42 Pounds

Dimensions

5.50 x 0.36 x 8.50 In

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$9.95

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Publisher

Warbler Classics

Published On

2022-11-12



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