Tao Te Ching: The Book of the Way and Its Power Gift Edition Illustrated

The Tao Te Ching is a book that has continued to amaze and enlighten people for about 2500 years. The profound aphorisms, subtle metaphors, and astonishing paradoxes of the ancient Chinese sage Laozi provide a key to many mysteries of... nature, society, and the human 'self'. The book teaches simplicity, humility, and effortless action—the foundations of Taoist philosophy. John MacDonald, the author of this translation, studied several different versions of the original text of the Tao Te Ching to compare them and better understand the original meaning of the document. This illustrated edition features rare Chinese paintings that showcase the 'proper' Taoist life in all its beauty and wisdom.