The Tao Te Ching is one of the most translated books in history, however, one cannot say there is such thing as a best translation for this text since some are more of an interpretation than a translation.
To better understand the concept it teaches, and for easy comparison, this book presents for each of the eighty-one chapters of the Tao Te Ching, six side-by-side classic translations by:
- Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel
- Walter Gorn Old
- James Legge
- Isabella Mears
- C. Spurgeon Medhurst
- Ch’u Ta-Kao
The book also presents twenty-one beautiful traditional Chinese paintings to illustrate this classic text of the Chinese philosophy.
The Tao Te Ching is one of the most translated books in history, however, one cannot say there is such thing as a best translation for this text since some are more of an interpretation than a translation.
To better understand the concept it teaches, and for easy comparison, this book presents for each of the eighty-one chapters of the Tao Te Ching, six side-by-side classic translations by:
- Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel
- Walter Gorn Old
- James Legge
- Isabella Mears
- C. Spurgeon Medhurst
- Ch’u Ta-Kao
The book also presents twenty-one beautiful traditional Chinese paintings to illustrate this classic text of the Chinese philosophy.