His text is around five thousand words long,ĭivided into two parts. Then he crossed the border, never to be seen again. To write down his thoughts before leaving China. He is said to have departed riding on a water buffalo.Ī border guard, impressed by his wisdom, pleaded him Its writer was Lao Tzu, a high official of the ChineseĮmpire, who left his work and his country in dismay, fed up with Tao Te Ching, which is the major source of Taoism, hasĪ clouded origin. Making it impossible to let the book gather dust in the shelf. Lao Tzu's work to increase its relevance, as if written in aįuture that we still have not reached. It spoke of so many other things that I found relevant.Ĭontrary to most reading experiences of my youth, I found The book remained with me, far beyond my teen

Impatiently inquisitive mind would benefit from studying it.Īlready by reading the first chapter, whichĬompares desire and the freedom from desire without seeming The Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English version with beautifulĬalligraphy, which is still in print. The peaceful martial art aikido, who gave me a copy of it – It was Toshikazu Ichimura, my Japanese teacher of My first meeting with the Tao Te Ching was in my late Click the image to see the book at Amazon (paid link). The great Taoist philosophy classic by Lao Tzu translated, and each of the 81 chapters extensively commented.

Tao Te Ching The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained. From the book Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained Links to the introduction and the 81 chapters are below the preface.

Tao Te Ching Explained Here is my translation and explanation of the Chinese Taoist classic Tao Te Ching, chapter by chapter, starting with the preface.

The tao te ching