The Tao Te Ching
Title: The Tao Te Ching
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1311 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Tao Te Ching
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 1311 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Lao-tzu cultivated Tao and its virtue. He taught that one should efface oneself and be without fame in the world. He lived under the Chou dynasty. After a long time he realized that, the dynasty was declining. He decided to leave. When he reached the western frontier, Yin Hsi, the guardian of the pass, said: "You want to withdraw forever. Please write down your thoughts for me." Thereupon Lao-tzu wrote a book in two sections
showed first 75 words of 1311 total
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
showed last 75 words of 1311 total
takes is the understanding of self and no-self.
Bibliography Chen, Ellen M, The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation with Commentary, 1st ed. (New York: Paragon House, 1989) Grigg, Ray, The Tao of Zen, (Edison, NJ: Alva Press, 1999) Kohn, Livia and Lafarque, Michael, Lao-tzu and the Tao-te-ching, (State University of New York Press, Albany, 1998) Lau, D.C., Lao-Tzu- Tao Te Ching, (Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1963) McDonald, J.H., Lao-Tzu- Tao Te Ching, (For the PUBLIC DOMAIN, 1996)