Dao De Jing

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This bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty of the Chinese original. Composed of eighty-one short poems written by the sage Laozi in... Read More

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Dao De Jing

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A landmark translation of the timeless classic of Daoist wisdom, rendered in gorgeous poetry that illuminates its enduring teachings

Description

This bold new translation by two brilliant poets offers a contemporary perspective on a timeless masterpiece of Daoist scripture, introducing Dao De Jing to a new audience while retaining the majesty of the Chinese original.

Composed of eighty-one short poems written by the sage Laozi in 400 BC, Dao De Jing is one of the pillars of Chinese thought. Acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee and poet and scholar Yun Wang illuminate Dao De Jing as a unified work of art.

This revelatory and faithful translation—presented alongside the original Chinese text—reveals its enduring teachings in their profound simplicity, subtlety, and balance.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781324079163

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 October 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Contributors:

Translated by Yun Wang
Translated by Li-Young Lee

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 147.0mm

Height: 218.0mm

Weight: 330g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Li–Young Lee is a poet and translator. He received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for Lifetime Achievement, among other awards. Lee lives in Chicago. Yun Wang, a poet and cosmologist, is the author of three volumes of poetry. Raised in rural southwest China, she lives in California.

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