Description

This bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty of the Chinese original. Composed of eighty-one short poems written by the sage Laozi in 400 BC, Dao De Jing is one of the pillars of Chinese thought. Acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee and poet and scholar Yun Wang illuminate Dao De Jing as a unified work of art. This revelatory and faithful translationpresented alongside the original Chinese textreveals its enduring teachings in their profound simplicity, subtlety, and balance.

Author: Laozi
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 10/29/2024
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781324079163
Language: English