Review: Simple and helpful translation
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2013
This book is a great read for those interested in philosophy. Lao Tzu is a very well-known scholar, but for those who don’t read Chinese is can be a bit tough to get through his work, especially since it is written in ancient Chinese which is hard for even fluent Chinese speakers to translate. Tao Te Ching in Plain English makes the work of Lao Tzu easily accessible for those with an interest in philosophy that would like to read the work in English. As mentioned in the forward, the Tao Te Ching advocates for balance, peace and understanding, and those values remain intact in this translation. As a college student I thoroughly enjoyed how easy this book was to read and understand compared to the work of some other philosophers that I’ve studied.