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The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought

By Lao Tzu , Arthur Waley

Book information

Publisher
Grove press
Year
1994
ISBN
0802150853, 9780802150851
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
353 kB (361290 bytes)
Series
UNESCO collection of representative works
Pages
262\0
Time added
2016-02-18 13:52:04
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Description

Arthur Waley’s brilliant and definitive translation of one of the foremost of all mystical books, Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, has become a modern classic in its own right. Unlike previous translations, it is founded not on the medieval commentaries but on a close study of all the early Chinese literature, and it provides a singular example of authoritative scholarship skillfully blended with brilliant, precise writing. In his introduction, Dr. Waley gives an extensive scholarly account of Chinese thought down to the end of the third century B.C. Here, the author presents a full picture of Chinese prehistory, early philosophy, and literature, showing the original, lofty conception of Taoism before the gradual corruption through the course of centuries, tracing this conflict of philosophies and its background of politics.

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