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Dao de Jing : Laozi's Book of Life: a New Translation from the Ancient Chinese by J. H. Huang (2024, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-10006313585X
ISBN-139780063135857
eBay Product ID (ePID)25057275585
Product Key Features
Book TitleDao De Jing : Laozi's Book of Life: a New Translation from the Ancient Chinese
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicTaoism (See Also Philosophy / Taoist), Eastern, Taoist
GenreReligion, Philosophy
AuthorJ. H. Huang
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight22.1 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-277886
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Huang's version pulls no punches. . . .He offers a unified interpretation of the text. . . . Mr. Huang's translation is literal and spare, reflecting the brevity of classical Chinese, but he fills the margins with extensive running commentary to guide the reader through his own understanding of the text's meaning. . . . Mr. Huang provides detailed classical citations to support his argument for the book's correct meaning." - Wall Street Journal, There is no doubt that J. H. Huang's new translation of Sun Tzu will be valuable to anyone who is a student of The Art of War. It will be used by scholars for years to come.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal299.5/1482
SynopsisA groundbreaking and superlatively accurate new translation of Laozi's The Dao De Jing, from the bestselling translator of The Art of War, promising to be the first English edition based on direct translation from the oldest known copies of the ancient Chinese text. One of the most significant and popular books in the history of human thought, and China's earliest philosophical classic, The Dao De Jing has served for millennia as a brilliant guide to living healthily and happily, to treating the Earth with respect, and to understanding our place in the cosmos. The Dao is as vitally important to today's world as it was during the Bronze Age, presenting us with clear and unexpectedly sane answers to some of the most pressing questions and challenges of our time. This beloved classic teaches us to become one with nature, with all people, and with the world; with the ultimate intention of illuminating the path to peace and promoting the conditions for harmony--within the self and in the greater world around us. Renowned translator J. H. Huang has spent over two decades researching the Dao, resulting in the most accurate translation to date based on the oldest known transcripts of the text. Huang's translation is the first to incorporate four major archaeological findings, which have been preserved for millennia in ancient tombs, most of which were only discovered in the late twentieth century: the Guodian Chu slips, the Mawangdui silk texts, the Fu Yi version, and the Peking University bamboo slips. Huang argues that these key source materials "contextualize The Dao De Jing much in the same way the Dead Sea Scrolls illuminate the New Testament." The result is a groundbreaking translation that offers readers the first opportunity in over two millennia to thoroughly comprehend all of the teachings contained in these eighty-one chapters., Composed during China's Bronze Age, Laozi's Dao De Jing has inspired readers around the world for centuries, revealing a path to achieving a more balanced mind and promoting harmony within ourselves and the world around us. The wisdom of its teachings endures to this day with incredible immediacy and relevancy, offering remarkably lucid answers to the most pressing questions and challenges of our time. And yet the Dao is equally misunderstood, especially in the West, as a result of inferior translations. These errors and omissions have-until now, that is-unavoidable prevented us from correctly comprehending the teachings of Laozi. To make matters worse, many of the most popular English renderings of this book were in fact written by people who did not have the slightest acquaintance with Chinese. The fruition of over two decades of research and comprehensive study of this ancient Chinese classic, The Dao De Jing: Laozi's Book of Life by J. H. Huang incorporates the four most recent copies of Laozi's masterpiece discovered in ancient tombs: the Guodian Chu slips, the Mawangdui silk texts, the Fu Yi version, and the Peking University bamboo slips. The result is the most accurate and faithful translation to date, a groundbreaking dual English-Chinese edition featuring revelatory explanatory commentary that guides readers through Laozi's teachings. Masterfully capturing the beauty and nuance of the original text, Huang's translation restores the true import of Laozi's words to the Dao De Jing.
LC Classification NumberBL1900.L26
