The Tao Teh King: or the Tao and its Characteristics

Lao-Tze’s Tao Teh King illuminates The Tao: a guiding principle of the universe and all within it. By exploring the nature of dualities and complements, Lao-Tze dissects strength and weakness; presence and absence; life and death. The Tao Teh King has served as a foundation for centuries of philosophy and wisdom.

Not a book to be read in a single sitting, the Tao Te Ching is intended to be digested slowly and thoughtfully over time. Each passes is an insight to be pondered and enjoyed on a variety of levels.

Translated by James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish Sinologist and professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876-1897).

(cover image courtesy of Nik Frey)