This beautiful hardback edition presents the Lao Tzu's classic work Tao Te Ching, with stenciled page edges, full-color illustrations and gold-embossing.
The Tao Te Ching came into existence some 2500 years ago, since when it has become the most influential text of Eastern philosophy. Best translated as The Classic of the Way and its Power (or Virtue), its teachings are of simplicity, humility and 'non-action', and its cadenced poetry is at once spare and profound.
Featuring stunning full-color illustrations as well as the complete original Chinese text, this luscious hardback edition with stenciled page edges and gold foil blocking makes a wonderful gift or collectable for anyone interested in the contemporary insights of ancient Chinese wisdom.
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Arcturus Luxury Classics series brings together deluxe gift editions of classic works of literature, complete with stenciled page edges, gold embossed cover designs, full-color illustrations and beautiful patterned endpapers.
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 196 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-3988-4079-9 (9781398840799)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
According to tradition, Lao Tzu (an honorific title, meaning 'Old Master') was a contemporary of Confucius and the father of Taoism in the 6th Century BCE. Many modern scholars, however, doubt his existence and contend that the Tao Te Ching was the work of several authors.
Translator
John H. Macdonald studied several different versions of the
Tao Te Ching in an attempt to find consensus between them and determine the literal meaning of the original.
