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Description for Daodejing
Paperback. The Daodejing encapsulates the main tenets of Daoism, a philosophy and religion whose dominant image is the Way, a life-giving stream that enables individuals to achieve harmony and a more profound level of understanding. This new translation draws on the latest archaeological finds and brings out the word play and poetry of the original. Translator(s): Ryden, Edmund. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
'Of ways you may speak, but not the Perennial Way; By names you may name, but not the Perennial Name.' The best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and Life-Force is a work that defies definition. It encapsulates the main tenets of Daoism, and upholds a way of being as well as a philosophy and a religion. The dominant image is of the Way, the mysterious path through the whole cosmos modelled on the great Silver River or Milky Way that traverses the heavens. ... Read more
'Of ways you may speak, but not the Perennial Way; By names you may name, but not the Perennial Name.' The best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and Life-Force is a work that defies definition. It encapsulates the main tenets of Daoism, and upholds a way of being as well as a philosophy and a religion. The dominant image is of the Way, the mysterious path through the whole cosmos modelled on the great Silver River or Milky Way that traverses the heavens. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199208555
SKU
V9780199208555
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About Laozi
Edmund Ryden teaches at Fujen University in Taiwan, mostly in Chinese but he has also taught translation in the graduate schools of religious studies and of translation. He was the first director of the John Paul II Peace Institute at Fujen University and edited a series of conference papers in the field of human rights. He also teaches human rights ... Read more
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