Tao Te Ching

The Classic Book of Integrity and The Way

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On sale Sep 01, 1990 | 192 Pages | 9780553349351
Essential to any introduction to ancient Chinese philosophy, Mair's modern translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is based on the Ma-wang-tui manuscripts. It clarifies and reinterprets themes that have eluded translators for centuries.  This edition of Tao Te Ching is based on newly discovered manuscripts that are approximately five centuries older and far more authentic than the most commonly translated texts.
Victor H. Mair is a translator of Chinese texts including Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way. He is also the editor of the Cambria Sinophone World series and the co-author of The True History of Tea. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been teaching since 1979. View titles by Victor H. Mair
Lao Tzu, whose name means "Old Master," was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C.E. and the founder of the philosophical tradition of Taoism. View titles by Lao Tzu

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Essential to any introduction to ancient Chinese philosophy, Mair's modern translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching is based on the Ma-wang-tui manuscripts. It clarifies and reinterprets themes that have eluded translators for centuries.  This edition of Tao Te Ching is based on newly discovered manuscripts that are approximately five centuries older and far more authentic than the most commonly translated texts.

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Victor H. Mair is a translator of Chinese texts including Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching: The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way. He is also the editor of the Cambria Sinophone World series and the co-author of The True History of Tea. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been teaching since 1979. View titles by Victor H. Mair
Lao Tzu, whose name means "Old Master," was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C.E. and the founder of the philosophical tradition of Taoism. View titles by Lao Tzu