Tao Te Ching
The Definitive Edition
Published on 25. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-58542-269-2 (ISBN)
Description
This unique edition of the Tao Te Ching features:
- the first comprehensive verbatim translation of the entire text of the Tao Te Ching;
- literal character definitions that allow the reader to create his or her own interpretation;
- a concordance section that enables the reader to track the different ways a single character is used throughout the work;
- grammatical and interpretive notes on individual terms and verses; * a unique commentary on the first verse, which represents a complete spiritual teaching in itself; and
- a literary translation of the Tao Te Ching that can be read on its own or compared with the verbatim translation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Los Angeles
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
626 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58542-269-2 (9781585422692)
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Previous edition
Tao Te Ching
The Definitive Edition
Book
04/2002
Jeremy P Tarcher
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Content
Tao Te ChingIntroduction
Tao Te Ching - Translation
Verbatim Translation
Notes on the Verbatim Translation
Commentary on Verse 1
Definitions, Concordance, and Wade-Pinyin Conversion
List of Radicals
Appendix: Some of the Earliest English Translations of Verse One
Sources
Tao Te Ching - Translation
Verbatim Translation
Notes on the Verbatim Translation
Commentary on Verse 1
Definitions, Concordance, and Wade-Pinyin Conversion
List of Radicals
Appendix: Some of the Earliest English Translations of Verse One
Sources