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Tao Te Ching: The James Legge Translation of the Taoist Classic
Paperback
General Eastern ReligionsTaoism
ISBN13: 9781604593990
Publisher: A & D Publishing
Published: Jun 13 2008
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A nineteenth-century English translation of the Tao Te Ching by James Legge, presenting one of the earliest scholarly interpretations of Taoist philosophy for Western readers.
The Tao Te Ching, attributed to Lao-Tse, is a foundational work of Chinese philosophy composed of brief, aphoristic chapters exploring the nature of the Tao, the principle underlying order and balance in the world. In this translation, James Legge renders the text with a focus on clarity and philological precision, reflecting the early development of Western scholarship on Chinese classical literature.
Legge's version is notable for its measured tone and its effort to preserve the conceptual structure of the original, including key ideas such as non-action (wu wei), moderation, and the paradoxical relationship between strength and weakness. His approach situates the text within a broader comparative framework, making it accessible to readers unfamiliar with Taoist terminology while maintaining a degree of fidelity to the source tradition.
First published in the nineteenth century as part of Legge's extensive work on Chinese classics, this translation remains of historical and scholarly interest. It continues to be read as both a philosophical text and a document of early Western engagement with Eastern thought.
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