num_pages: 112
description: The Tao te Ching of Lao Tzu is one of the most widely read and deeply cherished books in the world, a work many consider the wisest book ever written. In his introduction, translator Brian Browne Walker says, "It is less a book than a living, breathing angel."In his new translation, Walker stays close to the direct literal accuracy of the Chinese characters while producing a modern, exceptionally clear version that has the ring and voice of Lao Tzu, a man who may or may not have been a single individual. "I have come to think of Lao Tzu less as a man who once lived," Walker writes, "and more as a song that plays, eternal and abiding."
language: English
title: The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu
titlecomplete: The Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu (The Essential Wisdom Library)
genres: Classics, China, Self Help, Philosophy, Religion, Spirituality, Taoism, Eastern Philosophy, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 151462
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin