{"product_id":"tao-te-ching-isbn-9781590303870","title":"Tao Te Ching","description":"Part poetry, part paradox, always stirring and profound, Lao Tzu’s \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e has been inspiring readers since it was written over two thousand years ago. This masterpiece is also one of the most frequently translated books in all of history, in part because the multiple meanings of the Chinese characters make it impossible to translate into a Western language in a strictly literal way. For this reason, many translations are either too loosely interpretive or are too overloaded with notes, thereby losing the clarity of the terse poetry found in the original Chinese.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary strength of Sam Hamill’s translation is that it has captured the poetry of Lao Tzu’s original without sacrificing the resonance of the text’s many meanings and possible interpretations. The result is a beautiful and deeply meditative rendering, one that is a delight to read over and over again.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccompanying Sam Hamill’s translation are seventeen Chinese characters brushed by one of the great masters of calligraphy, Kazuaki Tanahashi. Hamill provides a comment for each character, giving the reader a fuller sense of the richness of the original text and insight into the process of translation itself.\"Hamill has rendered the\u003ci\u003e Tao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e afresh, his translation from the Chinese is achingly poetic.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Exquisite renderings of the paradoxes that encircle us.”—Terry Tempest WilliamsNot much is known about the legendary Lao Tzu, to whom authorship of the \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching \u003c\/i\u003e is popularly attributed. Some scholars believe the author was an elder contemporary of Confucius.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302488297701,"sku":"NP9781590303870","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590303870.jpg?v=1767737792","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/tao-te-ching-isbn-9781590303870","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}