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The Way and Its Power: A Study of the Tao TE Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought (Paperback)

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Paperback: 262 pages
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press (25 Aug 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0802150853
ISBN-13: 978-0802150851
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.5 x 2 cm
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Dr. Waley reviews China's prehistory, early philosophy, and literature in this treatise.

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