Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching is the foundational text of Taoism. Traditionally considered the work of the 'Old Master' Lao Tzu a senior contemporary of Confucius this 2500 years old text is a poetic and supremely concise formulation of some of humanity's highest wisdom. Revered as a basic book of spiritual guidance throughout Chinese history it has become a beloved inspirational work in the West. The present work is meant to help the Western reader to penetrate the depth and subtlety of Lao Tzu's wisdom without requiring a knowledge of the Chinese language. Readers are offered a choice between various interpretations and are guided in non-technical terms to explore how they originate. More importantly they are also offered the possibility to hold all the various resonances of the text simultaneously just as a Chinese reader would and thus access the original wealth of meaning in a way no ordinary translation could convey.