Tao Te Ching
道德經Lao Tzu · c. 4th century BCE
The foundational text of Taoism: 81 brief, poetic chapters on the Tao (the Way), effortless action (wu wei), and living in accord with nature. Terse, paradoxical, and endlessly re-readable.
TaoismThe WayWu WeiNatureGovernanceParadoxSimplicity
Available translations · 1
D. C. Lau
1963 · English · 81 chapters
“A careful, philologically grounded rendering — excellent as an anchor text.”
D. C. Lau, Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (Penguin Classics).
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