by Lao Tzu · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781530984985
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«The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation» is the Taoist classic by Lao Tzu, published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform in paperback (102 pages).
Written over 2,500 years ago, this classic text from ancient China is presented here as a guide to understanding human psychology and facing the challenges of modern civilization; the translation clarifies the poetic allusions and vagueness of the original and brings its practical, timeless ideas closer without losing its beauty and spirituality.
English translation by Oliver Benjamin, published in 2016 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; original Chinese title: 道德經.
For readers interested in Eastern philosophy, spirituality and Taoism who seek a contemporary reading of the classic.
Laozi, was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meaning 'Old Master', likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Traditional accounts addend him as Li Er, born in the 6th-century BC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period. Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng, he met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, composing the Dào Dé Jīng in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness.
