- Taoteching is one of the world's canonical religious (Taoist/Buddhist), spiritual, and poetic texts - Red Pine's translation of the Taoteching is one of the country's best-selling ever to appear, netting 20,000+ copies - this version is retranslated and revised, incorporating new insights gained from studying a recently discovered manuscript of the Taoteching that is 100 years older than previous versions - Of the many English translations currently available, Red Pine's version is utterly unique in that it contains commentaries from scores of scholars, poets, monks, adepts, emperors, recluses, et al., who comment upon each of the 81 chapters - Red Pine adds his own commentaries to this new version - regarding his use of commentaries, Red Pine notes in his introduction: "I envisioned this book as a discussion between Lao-tzu and a group of people who have thought deeply about his text." - bilingual - Red Pine's introduction puts Lao-tzu in his proper historical context - adds to Copper Canyon's library of R
- ISBN:
- 9781556595554
- 9781556595554
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Category:
- Taoism
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
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14-06-2018
- Publisher:
- Copper Canyon Press,U.S.
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 210
- Dimensions (mm):
- 228x152x16mm
- Weight:
- 0.48kg
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