Tao te ching : a new translation / Laozi ; translated by David Bentley Hart, Patrick Robert Hart.
| Author/creator | Laozi author. |
| Other author | Hart, David Bentley, translator. |
| Other author | Hart, Patrick Robert, translator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New Haven : Yale University Press, 2026. |
| Description | 120 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Notes on translation, orthography, and certain terms -- Daojing: The book of the way -- Dejing: The book of power -- A sigh of farewell / Li Bai. |
| Abstract | Mesmerized by the Tao Te Ching's condensed and elliptical nature, and moved by both its generosity and restraint, Hart began his study of the text forty years ago. It is a work, he shows us, that abounds in paradox, telling us that true strength lies in yielding, true wealth in possessing nothing, true greatness in humility, true wisdom in apparent folly, true glory in hiddenness, and the highest victory in an indifference to struggles for dominance. Its essential vision is of a world charged with spiritual forces--a world always full because inherently empty of itself. This translation honors the text's enigmas, subtleties, and poetic graces but also strives for the purest clarity of meaning. Front book flap. |
| Language | Text in English, translated from the Chinese. |
| Genre/form | Translations |
| Genre/form | Religious materials. |
| Genre/form | Matériel religieux. |
| ISBN | 9780300284997 |
| ISBN | 0300284993 hardback |
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