by Lao Tzu · Penguin Group USA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780146000850
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«Tao Te Ching» is the classic of Taoism by Lao Tzu, published by Penguin Group USA in paperback (64 pages, in English).
Attributed to Lao Tzu, the Tao Te Ching is a classic text of Taoism and one of the most influential in Chinese thought. Composed partly in prose and partly in verse, it brings together brief sayings of great expressive economy around the concepts of Tao and Te.
The book carries the subtitle «The Book of Meaning and Life; The Richard Wilhelm Edition», belongs to the Penguin 60s collection and was published in 1995.
Aimed at readers interested in Eastern philosophy and spirituality, as well as Chinese thought.
Laozi, was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching, one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Modern scholarship generally regards his biographical details as later inventions and his opus a collaboration of various writers, with the name Laozi, literally meaning 'Old Master', likely intended to portray an archaic anonymity that could converse with Confucianism. Traditional accounts addend him as Li Er, born in the 6th-century BC state of Chu during China's Spring and Autumn period. Serving as the royal archivist for the Zhou court at Wangcheng, he met and impressed Confucius on one occasion, composing the Dào Dé Jīng in a single session before retiring into the western wilderness.
