
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
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Ursula K. Le Guin
In this landmark modern-day rendition of the ancient Taoist classic, Ursula K. Le Guin presents Lao Tzu’s time-honored and astonishingly powerful philosophy like never before. Drawing on a lifetime of contemplation, she offers an unparalleled window into the text’s awe-inspiring, immediately relatable teachings and their inestimable value for our troubled world.
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Critic reviews
“Each day I open this book at random and receive a contemplative gift. These words are akin to water in the desert. (Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge)
“The type of work which the great Polish poet and Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska meant when she spoke of ‘that rare miracle when a translation stops being a translation and becomes...a second original.’...The whole of Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching is well worth savoring - as much for the ancient substance as for Le Guin’s stylistic splendor.” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings)
“A student of the Tao for several decades, Le Guin has created an English text that will speak to modern readers in a fresh and lively way, while conveying the humor, insight, and beauty of the original.” (Lion’s Roar magazine)
“Among the many translations of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin’s new version is a special treasure - a delight. There is something startlingly fresh and creatively alive here, brought forth by Ms. Le Guin’s intuitive and personal ingenuity.” (Chuangliang Al Huang, founder of the Living Tao Foundation and coauthor (with Alan Watts) of Tao: The Watercourse Way)
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Some translations make me laugh, some make me think, and some make me cry. This has all of those qualities. It will speak mostly to the ones looking for a deep, feminine, wise interpretation of the text. If you are interested in a more literal or academic translation, this is not it. But this is one of the most beautiful, most compassionate and also one of the most understanding English translations of Dao De Jing that I have ever read,
LeGuin's soft, timeless reading is beautiful and gives the text another level of depth. Doesn't matter if you're new to the text of if you already know other translations, this will give you a beautiful perspective into this classic that has changed my life many times, and no doubt will keep on doing so many more times. I can't praise this version high enough!
One of my favorite translations
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great translation,
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Great version, not so great production.
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Ursula Leguin as narrator and her own commentary is just amazing
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sublime
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I’m glad I did. It is a strong book that makes the ideas relevant and alive in their presentation. Once I gave it another chance I forgot about the background music.
I highly recommend this book. I suggest giving it a complete first listening even if you don’t like the music. It might grow on you.
The payoff is you get a beautiful and thought provoking work by Ursula K. LeGuin, the famous science fiction and fantasy writer.
I’ll listen to this again, and again
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Breathe in, breathe out.
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A treasure.
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Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching
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The music is great, actually.
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