false 57854 224 Scholars say that the original <i>Tao Te Ching</i> is a poem. Like a poem, this version of the <i>Tao Te Ching</i> is not meant to be read in one breath from front to back, but is to be at intervals internalized and contemplated. Jane English's haunting black-and-white photos that undulate in and out on every page act as glycerin elixirs, helping the words slide into our souls for patient digestion. The photographs--of a glistening spider web, cloud-enveloped mountain tops, reflections on water, leaves in the sunlight--are as serenely lyrical as the ancient text, itself. 100074 book 1947 Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition (Mandarin_chinese Edition) total:6414|5:3531|4:1797|3:882|2:171|1:30| 6414 27873 8560 653 5 4 false false Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Fri Aug 17 07:29:48 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 22 14:18:58 -0800 2007
The translation is well done, it captures the nature of the text well and flows fairly evenly. ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Jun 04 06:20:11 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 06:26:52 -0700 2008 5 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Sat Feb 02 11:19:17 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 11:19:17 -0800 2008
There are many versions of the Tao Te Ching, both with and without commentaries. I comment on this version and the rather ancient 1944 version by Witter Bynner. I recommen...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Jun 28 07:56:21 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 07:56:24 -0700 2007 Tao Te Ching, the widely known and influential Taoist text, written by Lao-Tzu and poetically translated in this edition b...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 12:50:50 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 13:03:17 -0800 2007
Ridiculously difficult - that is the nature of the Tao Te Ching. I understand it only because my philosophy professor is brilliant.

In my opinion, Taoism is and always was a relevant philosophy fo...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Aug 29 20:38:59 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 20:38:59 -0700 2007
"Like Stephen Mitchell, acclaimed author and poet Ursula K. Le Guin has attempted a nonliteral, poetic rendition of the Tao Te Ching"

It's nothing like Mitchell's pretty but totally opaque translation. LeGuin gives you readable ...more...]]> 5 9 false false Fri Mar 13 09:19:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 11:00:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 26 03:37:39 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 01:19:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 15:54:51 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 06:01:43 -0800 2008 3 - not collecting treasures prevents stealing.
13- accept disgrace willingly
23- he who does not trust will not be trusted
46- he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough
57- the more rules and regulations, the more thieves and robbers there will ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 16 16:19:42 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 07:23:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 24 19:08:15 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 19:16:29 -0800 2008
There are more careful and scholarly translations (such as Robert G. Henricks'), but Le Guin's translations is highly readable and poetic. She takes p...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 19:02:52 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 08:02:00 -0700 2008
the commentary on local government and law provides a different way of thinking than we are used to in the United State...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 04:57:07 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 05:02:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 02 16:07:27 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 16:12:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Feb 21 07:23:31 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:29:30 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Thu Apr 09 15:07:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 15:07:58 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Wed Feb 11 08:18:19 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 08:55:37 -0800 2009 my name is
Peter rock "the maze" treacy campbell
dear reader whomever ya are
the "lighter game" is not a game
the lighter game is a book.....an epitaph
taoism is a process of thought, meditation, an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Wed Apr 22 10:12:31 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 10:41:56 -0700 2009 about ten really get it. however, it's a pleasure to hold it in your hands and read it every once in a while; for even those that don't share the ideas that stand behind the verses, or...more...]]> 5 1 true false Sun Jan 06 20:07:57 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 23:48:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 23:12:15 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 14:56:02 -0800 2008 2 tao te ching to accompany all the ursula k. le guin i'm dwelling in these days. the mitchell translation is the one i had lying around the house, left over from a world religions class i took over a decade ago (ironically, one of my favorite college e...more...]]>