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Title: Tao Te Ching : 25th-Anniversary Edition by Lao Tsu, Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English ISBN: 0-679-77619-2 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.9 (39 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Scholarly--Experiential!
Comment: "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao."
So begins this version of the Tao Te Ching. This book provides an experience of the Tao like few others. First, there is the blank page. Lots of white space. The absence, the void.
"The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled."
"Profit comes from what is there, / Usefulness from what is not there."
Emptiness is the vessel which contains the words and images of this experience. Each chapter is written in both English and Chinese. I don't even pretend read Chinese, but the characters evoke a sense of something beyond ...
"The form of the formless / the image of the imageless / it is called indefinable and beyond imagination."
The English translation reads smoothly. This is not the awkward prose frequently stumbled over when a scholar attempts to reproduce the ambiguities of the original in a foreign tongue. These words play smoothly together. The text does
"not tinkle like jade / or clatter like stone chimes."
The final element in this alchemy is the photographs:
"Less and less is done / until non-action is achieved. / When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."
Absent in this volume are the reams of footnotes which clutter most Taos I've read. Absent, too, are chapters on historical background and the relationship to Confucianism. If you seek these things, seek elsewhere.
For me, this book has opened a way to the Tao.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Gate to all Mystery
Comment: I first encountered this translation in college as part of a comparative Chinese/Western philosophy course. At the time it went completely over my head; I preffered Confucius' "Anelects" and "Mencius." While I would highly recomend both of those to anyone interested in Eastern philosophy, it's impossible for me to describe the profound effect that the Tao Te Ching has has on my life. When I picked up this book again a few years after college I was stunned by it's simple beauty and staggering relevance and depth. A rare and priceless book, it touches on all aspectes of human existence- from metaphysics, to ethics, to the completely mundane.
I've had the chance to check out a few different translations but this one is by far the most effortles and poetic. Not wordy or didactic It allows the reader to "experience" Lao Tsu's words and to draw their own conclusions. (along with some helpful notes by the translator) This is essential in conveying the words of a thinker who "Teaches without teaching" and, in itself, is more true to the elusive "Tao" than versions that attempt to explain Lao Tsu's words. At the same time this ellegant translation is both clear and accesible.
The bottom line is that anyone interested in this work, whether they are aproaching it from a scholarly, aesthetic, religious, philisophical, or purely personal perspective, whether they are new to these words or not, will find far more than they expect in these pages.
Rating: 5
Summary: Timeless Wisdom For Eternal Application. 10 Stars!
Comment: Written centuries ago, the Tao Te Ching, written by Lao Tsu, brings humanity profoundly enlightened wisdom that when applied, will lift you into BEING, and free you from the pain of seeking.
This 25th anniversary edition is beautiful, with illustrations, calligraphy, and breathtaking quotes that you can share with others to uplift their lives. A GREAT book to bring with you and look through whether you are waiting in an office for an appointment, in stand-still traffic, or especially if you are out in nature, and want to inhale the wisdom that best accompanies a natural environment.
The words are timeless and priceless because of the profound truth they bring.
You will learn much, and gain a great deal from the wisdom in this book.
Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English did an outstanding job in translation. Highly Recommended!
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Title: Confucius: The Analects by Confucius, D. C. Lau ISBN: 0140443487 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 03 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters by Gia-Fu Feng, Jane English, chuang tsu ISBN: 1569372829 Publisher: Amber Lotus Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff, Ernest H. Shepard ISBN: 0140067477 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: July, 1983 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way by Ursula K. Le Guin, Lao Tzu ISBN: 1570623953 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 20 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 0060812451 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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