Dao De Jing
  • Published: 15 December 2003
  • ISBN: 9780345444196
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00
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Dao De Jing

A Philosophical Translation

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In 1993, archaeologists unearthed a set of ancient bamboo scrolls that contained the earliest known version of the Dao de jing. Composed more than two thousand years ago, this life-changing document offers a regimen of self-cultivation to attain personal excellence and revitalize moral behavior. Now in this luminous new translation, renowned China scholars Roger T. Ames and David L. Hall bring the timeless wisdom of the Dao de jing into our contemporary world.

In this elegant volume, Ames and Hall feature the original Chinese texts of the Dao de jing and translate them into crisp, chiseled English that reads like poetry. Each of the eighty-one brief chapters is followed by clear, thought-provoking commentary exploring the layers of meaning in the text. This new version of one of the world’s most influential documents will stand as both a compelling introduction to Daoist thought and as the classic modern English translation.
  • Published: 15 December 2003
  • ISBN: 9780345444196
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00
Categories:

About the authors

Roger Ames

Roger T. Ames is a professor of Chinese philosophy at the University of Hawai’i. He is also editor of the journal Philosophy East & West. He is the author of several interpretive studies of classical Confucianism, including THINKING THROUGH CONFUCIUS (with David L. Hall). His translation of SUN-TZU: THE ART OF WARFARE is recognized as a landmark of contemporary Chinese military and philosophical studies and his translation of The ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS (with Henry Rosemont, Jr.) has become a popular classroom text.

David Hall

David Hall started and built his own business from nothing to over a hundred employees working from fourteen centres across the UK. David has published two previous titles for entrepreneurs: In the Company of Heroes and The Hallmarks for a Successful Business, and both wrote and presented the BBC TV series Winning, which won a Royal Television Society Award. He was also awarded the Ernst & Young Northern Region Entrepreneur of the Year award as a Supporter of Entrepreneurship. He is a Fellow of Durham University and a Visiting Fellow of the University of York. He was recently appointed Entrepreneur in Residence at the Barclays Centre for Entrepreneurship at Durham Business School.