Tao Te Ching: An All-New Translation
A New Translation
$30.72
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2013
Summary
The classic Taoist text, freshly translated using the original Chinese script from Lao Tzu’s time, and beautifully illustrated with seventeenth-century artwork.
Renowned translator William Scott Wilson has rendered Lao Tzu’s classic in the most authentic way possible, using both the ancient text and the even older Great Seal script used during Lao Tzu’s time. The result is a new and nuanced translation, accompanied by gorgeous Chinese ink paintings and fascinating ancillary material.<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611800777 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1611800773 |
| Author: | Lao Tzu |
| Publisher: | SHAMBHALA PUB INC |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 133mm |
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“Renders the classic anew and authentically, accompanied by Chinese ink paintings and ancillary material.”– Publishers Weekly
“Renders the classic anew and authentically, accompanied by Chinese ink paintings and ancillary material.”—Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Lao Tzu
WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling translations include Hagakure, The Book of Five Rings, The Unfettered Mind, Taiko, and Ideals of the Samurai. He is also the author of The Lone Samurai, a biography of the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
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