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Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (Translated Ursula K. Le Guin) The Way of Lao Tzu (Wing-tsit Chan)
by jdw64 4mo ago
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (Translated Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Way of Lao Tzu (Wing-tsit Chan)
- quantumink 4mo agoOf all the translations of the Tao I've come across, none dissolved me into the flow as deeply and effortlessly as Ursula's. I try to keep multiple copies around so I always have a couple to gift to someone... The book is a source of primordial wisdom, boundless serenity, and transcendent signal P.S. my encounter with it completely redefined what I considered language to be capable of communicating and distilling - inexpressible, ineffable experience... divine poetry