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The Wisdom of Laotse by Lin Yutang, Laozi

theramblingreader's review

5.0

Rather than separating sections into Laotse and Chuangtse, Yutang interweaves relevant selections of Chuangtse with the short chapters of the Tao Teh Ching. It absolutely illustrates Taoist philosophy in a much more approachable manner than the student would get reading the works separately. It also helps draw out distinctions and differences between the two authors. For example, even though they are both Taoists, there is a level of emphasis on criticizing Confucian institutions that Chuangtse brings, a topic on which Laotse remains silent.

This is my new favorite arrangement of these works.