Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way

No
other English translation of this greatest of the Chinese classics can match
Ursula Le Guin's striking new version. Le Guin, best known for
thought-provoking science fiction novels that have helped to transform the
genre, has studied the
Tao
Te Ching

for more than forty years. She has consulted the literal translations and
worked with Chinese scholars to develop a version that lets the ancient text
speak in a fresh way to modern people, while remaining faithful to the poetic
beauty of the work. Avoiding scholarly interpretations and esoteric Taoist
insights, she has revealed the
Tao
Te Ching
's
immediate relevance and power, its depth and refreshing humor, in a way that
shows better than ever before why it has been so much loved for more than 2,500
years. Included are Le Guin's own personal commentary and notes on the text.
This new version is sure to be welcomed by the many readers of the
Tao
Te Ching

as well as those coming to the text for the first time.