{"product_id":"lao-tzu-tao-the-tao-teh-ching-translation-commentary-revised-paperback","title":"Lao Tzu: TAO: The Tao Teh Ching, Translation\/Commentary (Revised) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLao Tzu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHerrymon Maurer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerrymon Maurer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1914-1998) has created a remarkable new translation of the Tao Teh Ching, inspired by a Quaker understanding of simplicity and religious experience and informed by his immersion in Chinese culture during a 1939-1941 sojourn in rural Sichuan province with his young family. The translation strives to preserve many of the Chinese metaphors as well as the directness of the sacred text and to find English phrases that render, at least to some extent, the beauty and economy of Lao Tzŭ's original. Maurer's masterful commentary helps clarify phrases that may baffle Westerners as he weaves together insights from Christianity, Judaism and Islam to situate the Tao in a context of universal humility and hope. A member of Alcoholics Anonymous, the author was acquainted with the destructive power of self, but had also discovered that the self can learn to live in relationship. First published in 1982, this revised edition of Maurer's translation and expanded commentary on Lao Tzŭ's enduring attempt to proclaim the Way of the Ways is published posthumously by family and friends who share the author's hope that it may be useful to other seekers, as suggested by Chapter 4: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tao is empty  Use it\u003cbr\u003e And it isn't used up.\u003cbr\u003e Deep  It seems like\u003cbr\u003e The forbear of the ten thousand things.\u003cbr\u003e It blunts edges, \u003cbr\u003e Unties tangles, \u003cbr\u003e Harmonizes lights, \u003cbr\u003e Unites all dusts.\u003cbr\u003e Existent and deep \u003cbr\u003e I don't know whose child it is.\u003cbr\u003e It looks to be the source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52725003714867,"sku":"9780990865100","price":28.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/pHU3PPNayR9780990865100.webp?v=1763697406","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/lao-tzu-tao-the-tao-teh-ching-translation-commentary-revised-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}