Laozi

The way of Lao Tzu (Tao-tê ching) by Laozi( Book )

747 editions published between 1521 and 2016 in 22 languages and held by 5,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Tao Te Ching, also commonly known as Lao Tzu, is one of the most important Chinese classics and has had great influence on Chinese thought. It is regarded as the bible of Taoism and is by far the most frequently translated Chinese classic, with over thirty translations into English alone." "The work is said to be by Lao Tzu, who was an elder contemporary of Confucius and founder of the school of thought of Taoism. However, it might be an anthology compiled by a series of editors over a period of time." "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. The text of the translation has been deliberately left unchanged, because there is room for a translation of what has been for centuries the most widely used version of the Lao Tzu." "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. This is far superior to the texts previously available to us, as we have here, for the first time, a text we can be sure is free from scribal errors and the editorial tamperings of subsequent ages. Moreover, we have a text with the fuller use of particles which often rules out a good many of the conjectural interpretations by scholars down through the ages."--BOOK JACKET

The way of life according to Laotzu : an American version by Laozi( Book )

13 editions published between 1944 and 1986 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The guiding light of Lao Tzu : a new translation and commentary on the Tao the ching by Laozi( Book )

5 editions published between 1982 and 1988 in English and held by 465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lao-tzu : Te-tao ching : a new translation based on the recently discovered Ma-wang-tui texts by Laozi( Book )

25 editions published between 1989 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Two of the earliest known copies of Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu's "Te-Tao Ching" have been translated and compiled into poems that express the Taoist way of life

Tao te ching : the definitive edition by Laozi( Book )

3 editions published between 2001 and 2003 in English and held by 348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this new approach to the "Tao Te Ching", Star explores the full range of meaning for each Chinese character, allowing readers, in effect, to interpret the ancient wisdom book for themselves

The Wisdom of Laotse by Laozi( Book )

27 editions published between 1938 and 2009 in English and Chinese and held by 317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contains the "Book of Tao," each chapter of which is followed by a comparable passage from Chuangtse's writings; supplemented by "Prolegomena" and "Imaginary conversations between Laotse and Confucius" by Chuangtse

The tao : the sacred way by Laozi( Book )

2 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 283 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chinese political philosophy by William Sumner Appleton Pott( Book )

3 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tao te king : das Buch des alten vom Sinn und Leben by Laozi( Book )

55 editions published between 1911 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Philosophie

The sayings of Lao Tzŭ by Laozi( Book )

37 editions published between 1904 and 2012 in English and held by 198 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Tao which can be expressed in words is not the eternal Tao; the name which can be uttered is not its eternal name. Without a name, it is the Beginning of Heaven and Earth; with a name, it is the Mother of all things. Only one who is eternally free from earthly passions can apprehend its spiritual essence; he who is ever clogged by passions can see no more than its outer form. These two things, the spiritual and the material, though we call them by different names, in their origin are one and the same. This sameness is a mystery,-the mystery of mysteries. It is the gate of all spirituality