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A review by mweis
Laozi's Dao De Jing: A New Interpretation for a Transformative Time by Laozi
5.0
*I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.*
I didn't know what to expect when I picked up this new translation of Laozoi's Dao De Jing, translated by Ken Liu, but to be honest it blew me away. While the original text is ancient and has been translated many times, Liu's translation is simple yet lyrical. He is able to convey so much in his translations.
I loved that he included personal anecdotes, historical context around the text, and meditations on translation as a whole. I loved every minute of this, and I will definitely be picking up this text over and over as this is definitely a text that needs to be taken slowly.
I didn't know what to expect when I picked up this new translation of Laozoi's Dao De Jing, translated by Ken Liu, but to be honest it blew me away. While the original text is ancient and has been translated many times, Liu's translation is simple yet lyrical. He is able to convey so much in his translations.
I loved that he included personal anecdotes, historical context around the text, and meditations on translation as a whole. I loved every minute of this, and I will definitely be picking up this text over and over as this is definitely a text that needs to be taken slowly.