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Pages: 116 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0877735425
Pub: Shambhala Publications Inc
Pub date: 1990-11-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11706
Reader Reviews:
A great, profound, simple rendering (35/35 people found this helpful)
Of the four translations of Tao Te Ching that I have read, John Wu's is easily the best. The language is simple, direct and 'punchy'. At the same time, it manages to convey the deep and heartfelt thinking of the work. I read it again and again, and always find new depth - Wu has shown me why the Tao Te Ching is still a great work after 2500 years.
A SURPRISINGLY GOOD BUT ESOTERIC READ (9/40 people found this helpful)
THIS BOOK FULFILLED MY EXPECTATIONS OF IT. I WAS SURPRISED TO NOTE THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN OUR OCCIDENTAL CONCEPT OF GOD AND THE CHINESE CONCEPT. SOMEHOW, GOD COMES ACROSS AS MORE THAN A BLOB IN THIS BOOK. ASIAN RELIGION USUALLY PORTRAYS GOD IN EXTREMELY IMPERSONAL TERMS AND YET FOR SOME REASON I WAS PLEASANTLY REASSURED BY THIS BOOK'S PORTRAYAL OF GOD. PERHAPS THE CHINESE JUST HAVE A WAY OF MAKING THE CONCEPT MORE PALATABLE TO THE WESTERN MIND.
John C. H. Wu is the best Tao translator available (34/36 people found this helpful)
Why read a version of the Tao Teh Ching translated by some American who thought Taoism was something "exotic" when you can have this one--written by an earthy man born and raised in Ningpo? As Wu once said of himself, "I was initiated early into the mysteries of paradox."
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