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Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained

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(Kindle version) Lao-Tsu has been a regular companion of mine for 40 + years.

It's always interesting to find new translations, although this far for me nothing has beaten the Swedish translation by Henriksson&Hwang ( only in Swedish, though).

I think I've read most of the English translations, my favourite is the Lau translation published by Penguin.

This translation by Stenudd is very much in quality and sharpness in par with my Swedish favourite.

I rate this translation as absolutely brilliant, and definitely a must if you are a fan.

The book is both chapters and commentaries.

Commentaries can be very useful for someone who is not so familiar with the text, or wants a reflection on the chapters.

For me as a frequent reader, I prefer to skip them(I know best anyway, don't I...?) The text in this translation is so pregnant and sharp, that I just don't want to read about it, the joy of the text stands for itself.

The Kindle version leaves a lot to wish for in my version:

Chapter numbers are missing frequently.

Picture texts are shown without pictures.

Kindle(ipad) says that table of content is missing, although there is one.

Table of content contends no links to the chapters.

A wish would be that the text could be read without comments as an option.

Hopefully these flaws will be corrected, don't let them stop you from reading the translation, it's definitely worth reading!