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The eternal Tao Te Ching : ...
The bestselling author of The Tao of Pooh offers a uniquely authentic translation of the enduring Tao Te Ching, based on the meanings of the ancient Chinese characters in use when the Taoist classic was written. The Eternal Tao Te Ching is the first translation to employ the meanings of the pre-writing brush characters in use 2,400 years ago, when the classic was written, rather than relying on the often-different meanings of the more modern brush characters, as other translations have done. Hoff points out in his chapter notes the many incidents of meddling and muddling that have been made over the centuries by scholars and copyists, and he corrects the mistakes and removes such tampering from the text. Hoff also makes the provocative claim-and demonstrates by revealing clues in the text-that the Tao Te Ching's author was a young nobleman hiding his identity, rather than the long-alleged author, the "Old Master" of legend, Lao-tzu. And Hoff's chapter notes shed new light on the author's surprisingly modern viewpoint. With a selection of lyrical color landscape photographs by the author, this is a unique, and uniquely accessible, presentation of the Tao Te Ching
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monografia Rebiun38889408 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun38889408 m o d | cr#cnu|||||||| 211129s2021 xx o ||||0 eng d 9781647003616 electronic bk.) 9781419755507 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ 299.514 Hoff, Benjamin author The eternal Tao Te Ching the philosophical masterwork of Taoism and its relevance today Benjamin Hoff 1st ed New York, NY Abrams, Inc. 2021 New York, NY New York, NY Abrams, Inc. 2021 1 online resource color illustrations 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Introduction: the ageless wisdom of a long-obscured masterpiece -- Cryptic writing, hidden dragon -- Ancient pictures, ghostly voices -- The chapters: all under heaven -- Chapter notes: walking the maze -- The photographs: the valley spirit The bestselling author of The Tao of Pooh offers a uniquely authentic translation of the enduring Tao Te Ching, based on the meanings of the ancient Chinese characters in use when the Taoist classic was written. The Eternal Tao Te Ching is the first translation to employ the meanings of the pre-writing brush characters in use 2,400 years ago, when the classic was written, rather than relying on the often-different meanings of the more modern brush characters, as other translations have done. Hoff points out in his chapter notes the many incidents of meddling and muddling that have been made over the centuries by scholars and copyists, and he corrects the mistakes and removes such tampering from the text. Hoff also makes the provocative claim-and demonstrates by revealing clues in the text-that the Tao Te Ching's author was a young nobleman hiding his identity, rather than the long-alleged author, the "Old Master" of legend, Lao-tzu. And Hoff's chapter notes shed new light on the author's surprisingly modern viewpoint. With a selection of lyrical color landscape photographs by the author, this is a unique, and uniquely accessible, presentation of the Tao Te Ching Laozi. Dao de jing. English Taoism Taoist philosophy Sacred works. Livres sacrés. Print version Hoff, Benjamin. The Eternal Tao Te Ching New York, NY : Abrams, Inc.,c2021 9781419755507