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Tao Te Ching

Laozi

Tao Te Ching

Paper book: €11.99

Digital: €1.99

Original publication
400 BC
Pages
179
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Philosophy, Poetic
Moods
Think it through, Understand myself, Savour the writing
Translated from
English

Book summary

Attributed to the Chinese sage Lao Tzu, this little book gathers eighty-one short poems about the Tao, the way that guides all things. It praises water, which overcomes stone through its softness, and emptiness, which makes a vessel useful.

For more than two thousand years, its readers have learnt from it how to act without forcing, to stay simple and to find calm.

Its very short texts can be read one by one, at your own pace, in the language you are learning.

The plot

Grote dingen beginnen klein. “De boom die je nauwelijks met je armen omvat, groeide uit een piepkleine spruit; de toren van negen verdiepingen verrees uit een hoopje aarde.”.

The world of the book

Het China van de wijzen, 2500 jaar geleden. China was toen verdeeld in rivaliserende koninkrijken. Wijzen reisden rond om de koningen raad te geven.

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