Description

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This unique edition of the Tao Te Ching features:

• the first comprehensive verbatim translation of the entire text of the Tao Te Ching;
• literal character definitions that allow the reader to create his or her own interpretation;
• a concordance section that enables the reader to track the different ways a single character is used throughout the work;
• grammatical and interpretive notes on individual terms and verses; * a unique commentary on the first verse, which represents a complete spiritual teaching in itself; and
• a literary translation of the Tao Te Ching that can be read on its own or compared with the verbatim translation.

About the Author

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Jonathan Star has been widely acclaimed for his translations of everything from Rumi to the Tao Te Ching to the greatest Christian mystics. Of his celebrated Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved, Larry Dossey wrote, "Rumi would be proud of Star's luminous translations." Star lives in upstate New York.