The Tao te ching of Lao Tzu : a new translation / by Brian Browne Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laozi.

Contributor:

Walker, Brian Browne.

Standardized Title:

Dao de jing. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Physical Description:

81 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Summary:

The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu is one of the most widely read and deeply cherished books in the world, a work many consider the wisest book ever written. In his introduction, translator Brian Browne Walker says, "It is less a book than a living, breathing angel". In his new translation, Walker stays close to the direct literal accuracy of the Chinese characters while producing a modern, exceptionally clear version that has the ring and voice of Lao Tzu, a man who may or may not have been a single individual. "I have come to think of Lao Tzu less as a man who once lived", Walker writes, "and more as a song that plays, eternal and abiding".

ISBN:

0312131909 :

OCLC:

32167788