Tao Te Ching: The Essential Chapters

by Lao Tzu, Roger Urban (Translator)

El Dào Dé Jing (Chino: 道德經 Acerca de este sonido pronunciación (?·i), Wade-Giles: Tao Te Ching, también llamado Tao Te King), cuya autoría se atribuye a Laozi (WG Lao Tzu, también trasliterado como Lao Tse, "Viejo Maestro"), es un texto clásico chino. Su nombre procede de las palabras con las que empiezan cada una de sus dos partes: 道 dào "el camino", la primera del Capítulo 1, y 德 dé "virtud", o "poder", la primera del Capítulo 38, con el añadido 經 jīng, "libro clásico".

45 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 4, 2020

About the author

Lao Tzu (Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ; Wade-Giles: Laosi; also Laozi, Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Laosi, Lao Zi, Laocius, Lao Ce, and other variations) was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching (often simply referred to as Laozi). His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism (pronounced as "Daoism"). He is also revered as a deity in most religious forms of the Taoist religion, which often refers to Laozi as Taishang Laojun, or "One of the Three Pure Ones". Laozi translated literally from Chinese means "old master" or "old one", and is generally considered honorific.

According to Chinese tradition, Laozi lived in the 6th century BCE. Historians variously contend that Laozi is a synthesis of multiple historical figures, that he is a mythical figure, or that he actually lived in the 5th-4th century BCE, concurrent with the Hundred Schools of Thought and Warring States Period. As a result of being a a central figure in Chinese culture, both nobility and common people claim Lao Tzu in their lineage.

Reviews

[Louis Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

No need to read them all, just absorb the best.

If you want, read the rest and then you won't fall . Knowledge blooms in practice. The more you know without practice and they become weeds.

[Brandon Hogue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lao Tzu is Jesus and God.

[Camp Bell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Prefer full translations.