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I love this book. It is the first version of the Tao Te Ching I had read. Though I have read others, I believe this is the easiest version to understand. I don't speak Chinese so I can't speak to the accuracy of the translation. Many say it isn't accurate. However, the idea of the Tao is universal and if you wish to explore and perhaps become enlightened to the power of the Tao; I recommend you start here. There are versions which are known to be more accurate. I have some of them and enjoy them, but they don't read as easily as this translation by Stephen Mitchell. For that reason when someone asks me, "what is the Tao?" I hand them a copy of this translation and say "read this." I never get the book back, so I am here to buy another.
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Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
nimblewan, April 4, 2009
I love this book. It is the first version of the Tao Te Ching I had read. Though I have read others, I believe this is the easiest version to understand. I don't speak Chinese so I can't speak to the accuracy of the translation. Many say it isn't accurate. However, the idea of the Tao is universal and if you wish to explore and perhaps become enlightened to the power of the Tao; I recommend you start here. There are versions which are known to be more accurate. I have some of them and enjoy them, but they don't read as easily as this translation by Stephen Mitchell. For that reason when someone asks me, "what is the Tao?" I hand them a copy of this translation and say "read this." I never get the book back, so I am here to buy another.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)