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Regardless of authorship, the text remains immensely influential in the later development of Taoist thought and practice.

Consisting of eighty-one short sections in a poetic style, the text ranges widely in content, from practical advice to universal wisdom, embracing politics, society and the personal. The emphasis is on the right view and understanding of existence, the Way of the cosmos, and the text sets out to transmit an informed awareness of being that leads to personal harmony.

Illustrated with classical Chinese art from the 14thth centuries, courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery. Archaeological evidence continues to move the earliest evidence of the text further back in time, but as yet the claims as to single authorship or an effort of compilation by many writers cannot be resolved.

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Classical Chinese culture was inextricably linked to the three distinct but complementary approaches to life and thought enshrined in Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose.

The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics by Laozi

According to tradition it has its origins even earlier, around the sixth century BC. The title may be translated as Instruction regarding the Way of Virtue. Listen to audio-book edition sample:. Translated by A. Kline © Copyright All Rights Reserved. Conditions and Exceptions apply. Like the Homeric texts, the Tao Te Ching has been ascribed to a single author and to many. The Taoist inclination to refer to the natural background to human existence when considering the human is widely in evidence.

Kline Classical Chinese culture was inextricably linked to the three distinct but complementary approaches to life and thought enshrined in Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The literary style is terse and often cryptic, so that multiple interpretations of the individual sections are often possible, but the essence of the work is clear, in communicating an approach to life which is in accord with the natural, and so conducive to spiritual tranquillity and resilience.