Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey [Hardcover]

Lao-Tzu (Editor), Peg Streep (Editor), Claudia Karabaic Sargent (Illustrator), James Legge (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994

One of the world's spiritual classics is given new dimensions and meaning in this gloriously illustrated edition. Exquisite watercolors drawing on the traditional symbols of Chinese art illuminate a newly modernized text adapted from a highly respected translation.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Chinese

Product Details

• Hardcover: 81 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821220756
• ISBN-13: 978-0821220757
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,358,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wounderful Translation, March 26, 2001

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M. A. Ramos (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey (Hardcover)

This is a book you will read over, and over. I could not put it down. This book shows the westerner the humor, warmth and insight that can be gain by reading and understanding the Tao Te Ching.

The books illustrations go complement the translation. They are beautiful and inspiring. Sargent did a great job on the water colors. Just as Legge did on the translation.

This book is is very readable and its lessons about life are truelly fantastic. They are wriiten in a wounderful sage like style. I think that you will find that this book does one of the best jobs of tranlatting Lao Tzu's insights on the true working of the universe in a manner that is very clear to us in the west.

A must have book.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great edition, July 12, 2004

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Ed Luhrs (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey (Hardcover)

In this version, Peg Streep edits James Legge's 19th century translation. The editing is a major bonus, as it adds something
to the overall flow of the work. Here is an example of the poetry of the words: "Abstinence from speech marks him who obeys the spontaneity of his nature." Whereas countless other translations are well worth the read, the text in this edition offers something every bit as beautiful as the artwork that accompanies it.