books by Lao Tzu

books by Lao Tzu

books:

Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu, Brian Browne Walker

St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Among the Best
This is one of my favorite translations of the Tao Te Ching. However, note that, like the author says, this is by no means a strict translation (athough in the case of the Tao Te Ching, there are so many varied translations / interpretations available that it is ...

Tao Te Ching (Penguin Classics)

Lao Tzu

Penguin Classics, 1964

Kick the New Age right out of your DDJ...
I love this translation. Not so much for the translation but for the introduction in the original edition. Lau was really the first critic of the traditional story of Laozi and the Dao De Jing to bring it to the English masses. The DDJ is a composite work, not the ...

Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way

Ursula K. Le Guin, Lao Tzu

Shambhala, 1998

Excellent!
One great way for non-Chinese speakers to appreciate the nature of this book is to compare many different translations and see how different they can be. I've read any number of translations of the Dao De Jing, and this is by far my favorite. Most of them tend to be ...

Wen-Tzu (Shambhala Dragon Editions)

Lao Tzu

Shambhala, 1992

Fills a gap in the Taoist canon
Historically, Wen Tzu is said to have been a student of Lao Tzu, the founding author of Taoism. At least on the surface, the writing bears out that statement. Every chapter starts with the phrase "Lao Tzu said", possibly in answer to a question posed by Wen, as if Wen ...

Tao te Ching

Lao Tzu

Tarcher, 2003

Good Translation
I did a lot of research ahead of time. I'm not an expert on Taoism or this book, but I do have a background in studying ancient works. Translation is very important. One of the big reasons I bought this is because as I was reading the verses, I kept having "aha" ...

The Legend of Lao Tzu and the Tao Te Ching

Demi, Lao Tzu

Margaret K. McElderry, 2007

Ancient wisdom that applies to today's materialism
China will displace Germany as the world's third largest economy this year, which makes this beautifully brief book very appropriate as an introduction to the thought and religion of at least one of every five people in China. Globalisation means need for the ...

Tao Te Ching: The New Translation from Tao Te Ching: The Definitive Edition (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)

Lao Tzu

Tarcher, 2008

Poetic Tao
This is a beautiful version of the Tao Te Ching, most well understood when read alongside a more literal translation. This one is a bit more modern & poetic than a starker literal translation, but when read together the deeper meanings come through.

Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics)

Lao Tzu

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

BEWARE OF CLUELESS REVIEWERS!
The naysaying reviewers did not bother to read this book through. Nowhere does it claim to be a literal translation, and following the lessons are the author's notes, explaining exactly what he did or didn't add, and why, as well as references to what was replaced ...

Tao Te Ching

Lao-Tzu, Burton Watson

Hackett Publishers, 1993

pristine translation
I was very impressed with this version of the Tao Te Ching...it avoided modern-day vernacular and felt much closer to the original text. Furthermore, the translator's addition of lines of the text in Chinese (as well as the glossary of Chinese characters in the back) ...

Tao Te Ching (Skylight Illuminations)

Lao Tzu, Derek Lin

Skylight Paths Publishing, 2006

which version?
I have several versions of the Tao Te Ching, both newer and older versions, this one is the best. If you want to own a copy of the Tao Te Ching, do yourself a favor and save yourself the time and expense of buying and or reading several versions and just get this one.

Tao Teh Ching

Lao Tzu

Shambhala, 2006

Proving the Benefit of a Bi-lingual Translator
I always appreciate a translation of the Tao Te Ching by a native speaker of Chinese who is also fluent in English. John C.H. Wu is just that and is one of my recommended translators for friends choosing a Tao Te Ching. Wu gives the Chinese text adjacent to each ...

Tao-Te-Ching: The Classic Chinese Work in English Translation

Lao Tzu

Gramercy, 2005

A Complicated Way
The Tao Te Ching (Dao De Qing) has been identified as a treatise on philosophy or on religion or on magic. Many students of the Tao, especially Westerners, claim it can do everything from curing warts to improving your love life. So what is it really? Well the editor ...

Tao Te Ching (Barnes & Noble Classics)

Lao Tzu

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005

The Perfect Book that can be reviewed is not the Perfect Book!
This was the first time I ever studied the classic of philosophy, the 'Tao Te Ching.' The notes by Yi-Ping Ong are exceedingly helpful, especially considering that I am a silly Westerner that is positively ignorant about Chinese history and culture. Her introduction ...

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

Bantam, 1990

I enjoy this throughly.
Over the course of the last 15 years or so I've seen maybe six English translations of the Tao Te Ching, including those of Red Pine and Henricks. I'm not qualified to speak to the accuracy of Mair's effort, but I have found it to be far and away the most poetic and ...

Lao-tzu's Taoteching: with Selected Commentaries of the Past 2000 Years

Lao-tzu

Mercury House, 2001

Finally! A Tao Te Ching with the appropriate commentaries
In Asia, sacred texts like the Tao Te Ching are read with reference to the commentaries of its key historical luminaries. Only in the west is it read by itself, with no guidance. Finally, we have a TTC with key commentaries. Plus, the author has here given a ...