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Tao Te Ching: The Book of Sense And Life

This book is an new English translation of the German bookTao Te King: Das Buch vom Sinn und Lebenby Richard Wilhelm. That book is, of course, a translation of the Chinese bookTao Te Chingby Lao Tzu.Tao Te Chingis an ancient Chinese classic of philosophy and spirituality. Copies have been found dating back to 250 BCE. Yet the thoughts in it are still relevant todayLao Tzu is a legendary Chinese philosopher thought to have lived about 500 BCE..Richard Wilhelm (1878-1930) was a highly regarded scholar of ancient Chinese literature. His translation ofI Chingis still considered one of the best. He published his translation ofTao Te Chingin 1910. He intended it for the general reader, not just academics. With this Kindle book it is now available to English speaking readers on a digital device.."Richard Wilhelm was a truly religious spirit with an unclouded and farsighted view of things. He had the gift of being able to listen without bias to the revelations of a foreign mentality and to accomplish the miracle of empathy, which enabled him to make the intellectual treasures of China accessible to Europe". -- Carl JungOther translators' comments on Wilhelm's translation:"There are several good scriptural translations of theTaoTe Ching. I think Wilhelm's is the best" - - Arthur Waley."Vigorous and scholarly translation". -- Gia-fu Feng."Important interpretation" --- Stefan Stenudd.This book is Wilhelm's first edition. Although the text of theTao Te Chingis complete, additional commentary found in later editions is not included.NOTICE:The Audiobook is AI generated by Amazon from the Kindle text. Listen to the sample before buying.Read more

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