Tao Te Ching

Informationen zum Autor Lao Tzu Klappentext Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is the source of Zen Buddhism, and is probably the most broadly influential spiritual text in human history. Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated and introduced by David Hinton. Fluent in ancient Chinese and an acclaimed poet, he skilfully reveals how remarkably current and even innovative this text is after 2,500 years. According to legend, Lao Tzu left China at the age of eighty, saddened that men would not follow the path to natural goodness. At the border with Tibet, a guard asked him to record his teachings and the Tao Te Ching is what he wrote down before leaving. Lao Tzu's spirituality describes the cosmos as a harmonious and generative organism, and it shows how the human is an integral part of that cosmos. Vorwort A vibrant modern translation of the Tao Te Ching. Zusammenfassung A vibrant modern translation of the Tao Te Ching.

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Lao Tzu

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• Authors: David Hinton, Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu, Tzu Lao
• Assisted by: David Hinton (Translation)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.07.2022
• EAN: 9781529083477
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-8347-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 100 mm x 160 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; China, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Classical texts, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Ancient, classical and medieval texts