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The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The oldest excavated portion dates back to the late 4th century BC, but modern scholarship dates other parts of the text as having been written—or at least compiled—later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi.

The Tao Te Ching (or Daodejing, in pinyin) is a classic Chinese Taoist text dating from at least the fourth century BC. According to tradition it has its origins even earlier, around the sixth century BC. The title may be translated as Instruction Regarding the Way of Virtue. Consisting of 81 short sections in a poetic style, the text ranges widely in content, from practical advice to universal wisdom, embracing politics, society and the personal.

Originally published in the fourth century BC, wise yet worldly, spiritual yet practical, the Tao Te Ching is beloved by seekers all the world over. The Tao Te Ching is a series of meditations on the mysterious nature of the Tao - the Way, the guiding light, the very source of all existence. According to Lao Tzu (a name meaning "the old master"), the Tao is found where we would least expect it - not in the strong but in the weak; not in speech but in silence; not in doing but in “not-doing.” Here you will hear a lucid, poetic translation that makes the Tao Te Ching accessible to the modern world.

The Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu is one of the most translated books of world literature. It is here presented in a translation that deliberately avoids any philosophical commentary and renders the text in English in its most simple and straightforward composure.

Written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi and read by Emma Topping.

Das Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), das Laozi zugeschrieben wird, ist ein grundlegender taoistischer Text mit 81 kurzen Kapiteln. Es erforscht den Dao (Tao), den grundlegenden, unaussprechlichen Weg des Universums, und De (Te), die Tugend oder Kraft, die durch das Leben in Harmonie mit ihm erlangt wird. Der Text betont Einfachheit, Demut und Nicht-Handeln (wu wei) und plädiert für eine mühelose Ausrichtung auf die Natur anstatt für zwanghafte Kontrolle. Er lehrt, dass Gegensätze – wie Stärke und Schwäche – sich ergänzen und dass wahre Weisheit im Nachgeben statt im Widerstand liegt. Das ...