Tao Te Ching: The Book of Sense and Life

Richard Wilhelm · Lao Tzu

Nov 2021 · Roger A Urban

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This book is an English translation of the German book Tao Te King: Das Buch vom Sinn und Leben by Richard Wilhelm.

That book is, of course, a translation of the Chinese classic Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.

Richard Wilhelm was a highly regarded scholar of ancient Chinese literature. His translation of I Ching is still considered one of the best. In 1910 he published his translation of Tao Te Ching. He intended it for the general reader, not just academics. With this eBook it is now available to English speaking readers,

Comments on Wilhelm's translation:

"There are several good scriptural translations of the Tao Te Ching. I think Wilhelm's is the best". - Arthur Waley

"Vigorous and scholarly translation," - Gia-Fu Feng

"Important interpretation - Stefan Stenudd

This book reads best as "original pages".

About the author

Richard Wilhelm (1873-1930) was a highly regarded scholar of ancient Chinese literature. In 1910 he published this German translation of Tao Te Ching.

LaoTzu, author of Tao Te Ching, is a legendary Chinese philosopher thought to have lived about 500 BCE

Roger Urban translated Richard Wilhelm's German book into English.

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