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To Vicki (Mitchell translation)  "Venture not beyond your doors to know the world...."; Making this life significant with the philosophers and friends at UTEP (Ames/Hall translation)  For Dave, who dances with the Tao. (Mair translation)  | |
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The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. (Mitchell translation)  The person of superior integrity does not insist upon his integrity. (Mair translation)  Way-making (dao) that can be put into words is not really way-making, And naming (ming) that can assign fixed reference to things is not really naming. (Ames/Hall translation)  | |
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By restraining them with the nameless unhewn log, They will not feel disgraced; Not feeling disgraced, They will be still, Whereupon heaven and earth will be made right by themselves. (Mair translation) (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾Common Knowledge (short form) | Canonical title | Tao Te Ching | | Important places | Ma-Wang-Tui, China | | Awards and honors | The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (3rd century BCE) | | Dedication | To Vicki (Mitchell translation), "Venture not beyond your doors to know the world...."; Making this life significant with the philosophers and friends at UTEP (Ames/Hall translation), For Dave, who dances with the Tao. (Mair translation) | | First words | The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. (Mitchell translation), The person of superior integrity does not insist upon his integrity. (Mair translation), Way-making (dao) that can be put into words is not really way-making, And naming (ming) that can assign fixed reference to things is not really naming. (Ames/Hall translation) | | Last words | (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)By not dominating, the Master leads. (Mitchell translation), (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)By restraining them with the nameless unhewn log, They will not feel disgraced; Not feeling disgraced, They will be still, Whereupon heaven and earth will be made right by themselves. (Mair translation), (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Thus, the way of tian is to benefit without harming; The way of the sages is to do without contending. (Ames/Hall translation) | | Publisher's editor | Hendricks, Robert G. | | Blurbers | Schelling, Andrew, Durrant, Stephen, Major, John |
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Tao Te Ching, also commonly known as Lao Tzu, is perhaps the most important of Chinese classical texts, with an unparalleled influence on Chinese thought. This bilingual edition consists of two parts. The English text in Part One is a reprint of the earlier translation of the so-called Wang Pi text, first published by Penguin Books in 1963. Part Two is the fresh translation of a text which is a conflation of two manuscripts of the Lao Tzu, dating at the latest from the early Western Han and discovered at Ma Wang Tui in December 1973. The result is a text with a fuller use of particles, free from the scribal errors and editorial tampering of subsequent ages.
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The Tao Te Ching consists of 81 short poems, which you can read here. It was written about 2,500 years ago by Lao Tzu and is the basis for the philosophical school of Taoism.
Most of the themes in the Tao Te Ching are about living life simply and doing away with material things.
'He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.'
I enjoyed reading the Tao Te Ching and am glad I ventured off and read something different. (