Tao Te Ching

图书标准信息

• 作者 Lao、Lao Zi 著；Darrell D. Lau 绘
• 出版社 Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
• 出版时间 1964-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140441314
• 定价 82.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Penguin Classics Series

【内容简介】

TheTaoTeChinghasservedasapersonalroadmapformillionsofpeople.Itissaidthatitswordsrevealtheunderlyingprinciplesthatgoverntheworldinwhichwelive.Holdingtothelawsofnature--drawingfromtheessenceofwhatallthingsare--itoffersbothamoralcompassandaninternalbalance.AfundamentalbookoftheTaoist,theTaoTeChingisregardedasarevelationinitsownright.Forthoseseekingabetterunderstandingofthemselves,itprovidesawealthofwisdomandinsights.

Throughtime--fromonepowerfuldynastytoanother--manychangeshavebeenmadetotheoriginalChinesetextoftheTaoTeChing.Overthelastcentury,translatorshaveaddedtothemixbyincorporatingtheirinterpretations.Whilejackhammeringitsoriginaltext,somehavecreatedbeautifulversionsoftheTaoTeChinginthenameofpoeticlicense.Othershavereliedonvariantformsoftheoriginal,whilestillothershaveaddedtheirownphilosophicalspinstothematerial.ForthosereaderswhoarelookingforapurerinterpretationoftheTaoTeChing,researcherPatrickMichaelByrnehasproducedatranslationthatisextremelyaccurate,whilecapturingthepatternandharmonyoftheoriginal.HereisaTaoTeChingthatyoucanenjoy,understand,andvalue.

PatrickMichaelByrne,PhD,receivedhisundergraduatedegreeinAsianstudiesandphilosophyfromDartmouthCollege,acertificationfromBeijingTeachersUniversity,hismaster’sdegreefromCambridgeUniversity,andhisdoctorateinphilosophyfromStanfordUniversity.HehasservedasavisitinglectureratbothDartmouthandtheBeijingNormalUniversity.Dr.ByrneiscurrentlyChiefExecutiveOfficerofOverstock.com,asuccessfulinternetsite.Hetravelsextensivelythroughouttheworld.

【作者简介】

D.C.Lau,aworldrenownedscholaronsinologicalstudies,isprofessoremeritusofChineselanguageandLliteratureatTheChineseUniversityofHongKong.HeisreknownedforhisclassicEnglishtranslationsofTaoTeChing,theMencius,andTheAnalectsofConfucius.

【目录】

Introduction1
TaoTeChing-Translation13
VerbatimTranslation95
NotesontheVerbatimTranslation256
CommentaryonVerseI271
Definitions,Concordance,andWade-PinyinConversion295
ListofRadicals337
AppendixSomeoftheEarliestEnglish