Tao Te Ching.
by LAO TSU
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394480848
- ISBN 13
- 9780394480848
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY:: Knopf,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0394480848 . Translated from the Chinese by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English. Black and white photographs by Jane English throughout. Calligraphy by Gia-fu Feng. Stated first edition. Very good in a very good (a few short closed edge tears, creasing at the base of the rear panel, corner crease to front flap), price clipped dust jacket. .
Synopsis
The Tao Te Ching or Dao De Jing, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. Its name comes from the opening words of its two sections: 道 dào "way," Chapter 1, and 德 dé "virtue," Chapter 38, plus 經 jīng "classic. " According to tradition, it was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China.
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- Bookseller
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101440
- Title
- Tao Te Ching.
- Author
- LAO TSU
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394480848
- ISBN 13
- 9780394480848
- Publisher
- Knopf,
- Place of Publication
- NY:
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 0394480848, Philosophy, Chinese Literature, TRANSLATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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