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Tao Te Ching
The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao
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The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the “Way”: harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three major religions of ancient China. As one of the world’s great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining greater self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life.
This new translation seeks to understand the Tao Te Ching as a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The Tao Te Ching’s eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.

- Lao Tzu - Author
- John Minford - Translator
- John Minford - Author of introduction, etc.
- John Minford - Other
- Edoardo Ballerini - Narrator
OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780525643418
- File size: 211840 KB
- Release date: December 4, 2018
- Duration: 07:21:19

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Lexile® Measure:1250
Text Difficulty:9-12
The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or “Book of the Tao,” is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the “Way”: harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher thought to have been a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three major religions of ancient China. As one of the world’s great works of wisdom literature, it still has much to teach us today, offering a practical model based on modesty and self-restraint for living a balanced existence and for opening your mind, freeing your thoughts, and attaining greater self-awareness. With its emphasis on calm, simplicity, purity, and non-action, it provides a time-tested refuge from the busyness of modern life.
This new translation seeks to understand the Tao Te Ching as a guide to everyday living and encourages a slow, meditative reading experience. The Tao Te Ching’s eighty-one brief chapters are accompanied by illuminating commentary, interpretation, poems, and testimonials by the likes of Margaret Mead, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Dr. Wayne W. Dyer.

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Books on Tape
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UnabridgedOverDrive Listen audiobook
ISBN: 9780525643418
File size: 211840 KB
Release date: December 4, 2018
Duration: 07:21:19
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Creators
- Lao Tzu - Author
- John Minford - Translator
- John Minford - Author of introduction, etc.
- John Minford - Other
- Edoardo Ballerini - Narrator
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Formats
OverDrive Listen audiobook
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Languages
English
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Levels
Lexile® Measure: 1250
Text Difficulty: 9-12
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