Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tsu
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 039471833X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394718330
- Seller
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Used/Taoism. Good Condition. Minimal wear on cover. A name written on cover. Has a handwritten note on the inside of the cover. Pages are just faintly age stained on the outside. The corners furl just slightly. The most accessible and authoritative modern English translation of the ancient Chinese classic. Offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tsu's teaching immediate and alive.
Synopsis
The Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. Its name comes from the opening words of its two sections: 道 dào "way," Chapter 1, and 德 dé "virtue," Chapter 38, plus 經 jīng "classic. " According to tradition, it was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lifeways Books & Gifts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- tao72
- Title
- Tao Te Ching
- Author
- Lao Tsu
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 039471833X
- ISBN 13
- 9780394718330
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, a division of Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972