The Tâo Teh King
In The Texts of Tâoism, Sacred Books of the East, vol. 39
By Laozi
First written c. 4th–3rd century BCE
About this book
James Legge’s translation of the Daodejing, the eighty-one short chapters on the nameless Way, its power, non-forcing action and the sage ruler. Legge’s notes are learned but read the text through Confucian and Christian eyes.
The edition
- Title
- The Tâo Teh King: In The Texts of Tâoism, Sacred Books of the East, vol. 39
- Translated by
- James Legge
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press, Oxford
- Year
- 1891
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