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Lao-tzu's Taoteching
by

Lao Tzu (Translation),

Red Pine (Translator)

Jan van Leent's review

Jul 30, 2015

it was amazing

bookshelves: classics, philosophy, religion

This translation by Red Pine - Bill Porter - of the Tao Te Ching in 2009 is among the best available.
It is a revised version of the edition published in 1996.

Both versions start with:

The way that becomes a way
Is not the immortal Way

A footnote states that Tao originally meant "Moon". This may well be the Moon as pointer to the All-encompassing One, wherein this Moon and pointer are fully encompassed as waves in the ocean.

Also highly recommended are the translations by:
- Ellen M. Chen - with different interpretations for several verses
- Jonathan Star - also including an interpretation per Chinese character

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