Tao Te Ching - Tzu, Lao; Lau, D. C.

Clean, tight, unmarked; very light wear to edges; age tanned; personal stamp on inside edge; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; The Lao Tzu, as it is usually called, is the principal classic in the thought of Taosim. Traditionally ascribed to one Lao Tzu, an older contemporary of Confucius, the work is more probably an anthology of wise sayings compiled in about the 4th century B.C. As a treatise both on a personal conduct and on government it is moral rather than mystical in tone, and advances a philosophy of meekness as the surest path to survival. In the clear English of D.C. Lau's translation this famous Chinese book can be enjoyed especially for its pure poetry.
Very Good
Mass Market Paperback
Penguin Classics
1984
Middlesex, UK