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"Within ancient Chinese, a sole character possesses a broad, and sometimes contradictory, range of meanings. Moreover, the Tao Te Ching is rife with terms and expressions that have no exact counterpart in English. So while the Tao Te Ching ranks behind only the Bible as the most widely translated book in the world, it remains one of the least understood.".
"Jonathan Star's Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition helps remedy this situation. The distinction of this new edition is that it supplies readers with the first comprehensive verbatim translation, which can be used to explore the multiple meanings contained in the Chinese characters. This unique tool gives readers direct access to the text and a way to understand the different interpretations put forth by modern-day translators.
Perhaps most important, the verbatim translation gives each reader the ability to penetrate the inner meaning of the text and come up with his or her own personal interpretation."--BOOK JACKET.
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Chinese Philosophy, Chinese language materials, Peace, Tao, Taoism, Ouvrages avant 1800, Taoïsme, Religion, Asian Philosophy, Philosophy, New Age, General, Religion / Eastern, Mind, body, spirit: disciplines & techniques, Body, Mind & Spirit, Religion - World Religions, Spiritualism - General, BG-JUVENILE PROP - BG-JUVY ACTIVITY, Body, Mind & Spirit / Spiritualism, Religion - Commentaries / Reference, Reference, China, Non-Western philosophy, Other prose: classical, early & medieval, Dao de jing (Laozi), Laozi, dao de jing, Bilingual, Philosophy, chinese, Philosophy, chinese--to 221 b.c, Taoist philosophy, Taoism--sacred books, Bl1900.l26 e5 1990, 299/.51482Showing 11 featured editions. View all 73 editions?
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Tao te ching: a new English version
2000, HarperCollins
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Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
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Tao te ching: a new English version
1992, HarperPerennial
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Tao te ching: the book of meaning and life
1985, Arkana, Viking Press, Brand: Law Book Co of Australasia
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"The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao."
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