Tao Te Ching Pdf English translation by J.H. McDonald

TheTao Te Ching Pdf (English translation) is aclassic Chinese text written around 400 BC and traditionally attributed to the sage Laozi. The text’s authorship, compilation date, and date of composition are subject to debate. It is translated into English by J.H.McDonald

The Tao Te Ching and the Zhuangzi are essential texts for religious and philosophical Taoism. It also strongly influenced other Chinese philosophy and religion schools, including Legalism, Confucianism, and Chinese Buddhism, broadly interpreted through Taoist words and concepts when initially introduced to China.

Tao Te Ching Description

The Tao Te Ching has a complex and long textual history. All the Known commentaries and versions date back two millennia. It is a brief text of around 5,000 Chinese characters in 81 short sections or chapters.

It has two parts, the “Tao Ching” beginning from chapter 1 to 37 and the “Te Ching” starting from chapter 38 to 31, which may have been revised together into the received text, possibly reversed from an authenticTe Tao Ching.

The written tone is terse, and the ideas are singular with a poetic style.The rhetorical style blends two powerful strategies: short and intentional contradictions and declarative statements.

All these strategies create memorable phrases, while the second causes the reader to reconcile supposed contradictions.

The Chinese characters in the original versions were likely written inzhuànshū(seal script), while more delinquent versions were written inkǎishū(regular writing) andlìshū(clerical writing) styles.

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Get the Pdf ofTao Te Ching,a Chinese classic text for philosophical and religious Taoism written around 400 BC.It also profoundly influenced other Chinese philosophy and religion schools, including Legalism, Confucianism, and Chinese Buddhism, extensively interpreted through Taoist words and concepts.

Its influence has outstretched widely outside East Asia, and it is considered one of the most translated literature in the world.

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