Lao Tzu's Tao Teh Ching has been of interest to humanity for millennia, though most readers are left with curiosity and amazement. In this translation by contemporary Taoist Master Hua-Ching Ni, much is simplified for the English reader. More importantly, Hua-Ching Ni explains energetics, rendering Lao Tzu's writing more understandable. We are also given some of the same energetic practices that are used to attain this wisdom.
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Hua-Ching Ni is in the thirty-sixth generation of Chinese medical doctors and healers who have continued to pass down traditions of health and wisdom. Born in China in the early 1900s, he practiced with many masters, eventually moving to the United States. He and his sons founded Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the College of Tao, and the Tao of Wellness. Hua-Ching Ni has written more than fifty books and currently lives in China.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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A translation/commentary....,
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This review is from: Esoteric Tao Teh Ching (Paperback)
This doesn't read like most translations of the Tao Teh Ching (and I have translations of both the traditional text and the text discovered in the Xian tombs). However, I like what he has to say, and when I check his "translations" against a more traditional, literal translation, the two together make a lot of sense (he shed a lot of light on an otherwise incomprehensible literal translation in another book). I think what he is doing is therefore more of a paraphrase than a direct translation, a paraphrase that is an extremely concise commentary. So I think his approach is valid. You don't need to have another version of the Tao Te Ching to follow along, by the way. In reviews of other books by Ni, he is accused of being new age or self taught. I don't know about the new age part, but somewhere in this book he inasmuch acknowledges he is "self taught" and that is not a problem for me. Maybe Lao Tse was self taught, too. I find this book very helpful.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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The Way revealed!,
By "fushan" (Florence, Alabama) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Esoteric Tao Teh Ching (Paperback)
Master Ni, Hua Ching is the diffinative authority on Taoist Integral science. With the Esoteric Tao Te Ching, he presents the core of Taoist philosophy for modern people to consider. This elucitation of the ancient way is clear and precise. It is a fundamental tool for achieveing what the Ancient Chinese called 'Wu Wei' or non-doing. This book takes phenomenal bounds by presenting Lao Tzu's idea of self-government and a eutopiean society. It reveals the way and how to reach it. Having read many translations of the Tao Te Ching, I find this one to be top shelf material.
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