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Tao Te Ching (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 116 pages
  • Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc; New edition edition (1 Nov 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0877735425
  • ISBN-13: 978-0877735427
  • Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 7.6 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 29,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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" Written more than two thousand years ago, the "Tao Teh Ching" is probably the most influential work of Asian thought. . . . This lucid translation demonstrates that these teachings are useful in the arts of leadership as they are in developing a sense of balance and harmony in everyday life." — "Branches of Light"

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Constitutes a collection of comments which provides an insight on life and nature. Part poetry and part paradox, the book itself was published over 2000 years ago but has now been translated into this edition by John C.H. Wu.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great, profound, simple rendering, 8 Mar 2001
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Of the four translations of Tao Te Ching that I have read, John Wu's is easily the best. The language is simple, direct and 'punchy'. At the same time, it manages to convey the deep and heartfelt thinking of the work. I read it again and again, and always find new depth - Wu has shown me why the Tao Te Ching is still a great work after 2500 years.
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars John C. H. Wu is the best Tao translator available, 28 April 1999
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Why read a version of the Tao Teh Ching translated by some American who thought Taoism was something "exotic" when you can have this one--written by an earthy man born and raised in Ningpo? As Wu once said of himself, "I was initiated early into the mysteries of paradox."
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5.0 out of 5 stars A SURPRISINGLY GOOD BUT ESOTERIC READ, 19 Jun 1999
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THIS BOOK FULFILLED MY EXPECTATIONS OF IT. I WAS SURPRISED TO NOTE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OUR OCCIDENTAL CONCEPT OF GOD AND THE CHINESE CONCEPT. SOMEHOW, GOD COMES ACROSS AS MORE THAN A BLOB IN THIS BOOK. ASIAN RELIGION USUALLY PORTRAYS GOD IN EXTREMELY IMPERSONAL TERMS AND YET FOR SOME REASON I WAS PLEASANTLY REASSURED BY THIS BOOK'S PORTRAYAL OF GOD. PERHAPS THE CHINESE JUST HAVE A WAY OF MAKING THE CONCEPT MORE PALATABLE TO THE WESTERN MIND.
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