Tao Te Ching
A New Translation
$26.36
- Hardcover
128 pages
- Release Date
5 July 2026
Summary
In this new translation, a world-renowned scholar brings out the metaphysical, moral, and poetic power of Laozi’s classical Chinese text
David Bentley Hart offers a luminously beautiful new translation of the Tao Te Ching (or Daodejing), one of the ancient world’s most mysterious works. Drawing on his extensive study of philosophy, religion, and literature across traditions, Hart, with the help of Patrick Robert Hart, presents Laozi’s timeless work a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300284997 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0300284993 |
| Author: | Laozi, David Bentley Hart, Patrick Robert Hart |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 5 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 224mm x 146mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This is not the Daodejing of pragmatist statecraft manuals or countercultural mysticism; it is the Daodejing as an Axial Age mystical text, readable alongside the Upanishads and the sermons of Rhineland mysticism, and Hart makes this case with sustained philosophical confidence before the first verse.”—Jordan Silversmith, Asymptote
About The Author
Laozi
David Bentley Hart is a philosopher, scholar of religion, writer, and cultural commentator. His books include All Things Are Full of Gods; The Experience of God: Being, Consciousness, Bliss; and Roland in Moonlight. He is a collaborative researcher at the University of Notre Dame.
Patrick Robert Hart is a writer and independent scholar.
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