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Daodejing
Lao Zi
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Description for Daodejing
Paperback. These 81 brief poems from the 5th century BCE make up a foundational text in world culture. Martyn Crucefix's superb new versions in English reflect - for the very first time - the radical fluidity of the original Chinese texts as well as placing the mysterious 'dark' feminine power at their heart. Translator(s): Crucefix, Martyn. BIC Classification: HRKN5; HRLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 154.
so both thrive both discovering bliss-real power is female it rises from beneath These 81 brief poems from the 5th century BCE make up a foundational text in world culture. In elegant, simple yet elusive language, the Daodejing develops its vision of humankind's place in the world in personal, moral, social, political and cosmic terms. Martyn Crucefix's superb new versions in English reflect - for the very first time - the radical fluidity of the original Chinese texts as well as placing the mysterious 'dark' feminine power at their heart. Laozi, the putative author, is said to have despaired ... Read more
so both thrive both discovering bliss-real power is female it rises from beneath These 81 brief poems from the 5th century BCE make up a foundational text in world culture. In elegant, simple yet elusive language, the Daodejing develops its vision of humankind's place in the world in personal, moral, social, political and cosmic terms. Martyn Crucefix's superb new versions in English reflect - for the very first time - the radical fluidity of the original Chinese texts as well as placing the mysterious 'dark' feminine power at their heart. Laozi, the putative author, is said to have despaired ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
153g
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910392263
SKU
V9781910392263
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About Lao Zi
Martyn Crucefix has won numerous prizes including a major Eric Gregory award and a Hawthornden Fellowship. He has published 7 collections of poetry including Hurt (Enitharmon, 2010): 'an exceptional ear ... urgent, heartfelt, controlled and masterful.' (Poetry London). His translation of Rilke's Duino Elegies (Enitharmon, 2006) was shortlisted for the Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation and hailed as 'unlikely ... Read more
Reviews for Daodejing
Crucefix s translation will have, and keep, a place on my shelves where all the poetry lives. Philip Pullman An exceptional ear . . . superbly intelligent . . . urgent, heartfelt, controlled and masterful. Poetry London