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revhoward's review
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Probably my second favorite translation of the ones I’ve read.
abarrera's review
5.0
Such an incredibly prescient book. It's amazing it was written at the same time Buddhism was being developed in India. Both Tao and Buddhism share a core vision of what ails the world, so no wonder you see both philosophies interweaving for centuries.
This edition, in particular, is wonderful. Not only Red Pine is a fantastic translator, but he also did an extraordinary work consulting all the different extant versions and composing a coherent up-to-date text. His work translating and aggregating commentaries is also wonderful and provides an added layer of understanding (which in some occasions is invaluable).
It's a book to take it slow so you can ponder, think and savor what Lao Tzu wanted to communicate.
This edition, in particular, is wonderful. Not only Red Pine is a fantastic translator, but he also did an extraordinary work consulting all the different extant versions and composing a coherent up-to-date text. His work translating and aggregating commentaries is also wonderful and provides an added layer of understanding (which in some occasions is invaluable).
It's a book to take it slow so you can ponder, think and savor what Lao Tzu wanted to communicate.
rheckner's review
5.0
This is a translation done correctly. It is at once poetic, well-phrased, and accurate. Furthermore, Red Pine includes both selections from generations of commentaries so that readers can better understand the text and translation notes so that one can get a sense of the choice he made in rendering the Classical Chinese into English. I think this ought to become the standard edition of the Taoteching in English, unlike a certain rendition that attempts to do the ineffable.
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