The Classic of the Way and Virtue
Subtitle: A New Translation of the Tao-te Ching of Laozi as Interpreted by Wang Bi (Translations from the Asian Classics)
Contributors: Richard John Lynn (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780231105811
Subjects: Oriental & Indian philosophy; Taoism; History; Philosophy; History: World; ASIA; Asia - General; General; History / Asia
First sentence: The Sayings of the Old Master (Laozi), or Classic of the Way and Virtue (Daode jing), consist of eighty-one short aphoristic sections, that, though self-contained, often refer to each other and as a whole present a consistent and integrated view of how the sage rules the world in accordance with the spontaneous way of the Natural (ziran zhi dao).