Tao Te Ching (Daodejing)
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- ¥250
発行者による作品情報
Laozi, or The Old Master, allegedly penned Tao Te Ching(The Way of the Path and the Power) around the 6th century B.C.Tao Te Ching consists of 81 passages of advice and wisdom.
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More than five dozen translations of the Tao te Ching exist in English, making it questionable whether there is a need for yet another. But Stephen Hodge's Tao te Ching: A New Translation and Commentary is revisionist enough to warrant a look. He spends a good part of the introduction situating Lao Tzu's work in the context of the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.E.), even to the point of neglecting to tell the reader much about the content of the text itself. He also discusses the perplexing question of authorship and outlines various translation difficulties. The remainder of the book is more accessible, and is organized thematically to help the reader understand the Tao te Ching's key ideas. Hodge writes well, and the book is beautifully designed with more than 100 photographs and illustrations.
