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Articles: Traditional Chinese Religion
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Taoism |
These are principal texts of Taoism. Taoism, along with Confucianism and Buddhism was one of the principal religions of feudal China.
Tao-te Ching
This translation is excerpted from Volume 39 of the Sacred Books of
the East.
translated by James Legge [1891]
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The Tao te Ching is one of the most widely read sacred texts, due
to its simplicity and depth.
It appeal is universal, and has been found relevant by
Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and even Quantum Physicists.
Attributed to Lao-tzu, (580-500 B.C.), it may predate him by several
centuries. The earliest known manuscripts of the Tao te Ching
date to the third century B.C.
Volume 39 of the Sacred Books of the East
Volume 40 of the Sacred Books of the East
This is a detailed etext of volume one and two of the Sacred Books
of the East Taoist translations by James Legge.
Both of these volumes were published in 1891.
The first volume contains Lao-tzu's Tao te Ching and the first half
of the Writings of Chuang-tzu, including the notes and introductory material.
The second volume completes the Writings of Chuang-tzu, and includes
several other Taoist texts, including the Tai Shang Tractate.
Volume two also includes a detailed index for both volumes.
The Canon of Reason and Virtue
(Lao-tze's Tao Teh King) Chinese and English;
Translated by D.T. Suzuki and Paul Carus
[1913]
This is another translation of the Tao te Ching.
This etext includes the complete Chinese text of the Tao te Ching
as embedded graphics.
Taoist Teachings Translated from the Book of Lieh-Tzü
by Lionel Giles [1912].
Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure
translated by Anton Forke [1912]
T'ai Shang Kan-Ying P'ien
by Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus. [1906].
Yin Chih Wen, The Tract of the Quiet Way
by Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus. [1906].
Taoist Texts
by Frederic Henry Balfour [1884].
Tao, The Great Luminant
Essays from the Huai Nan Tzu, by Evan S. Morgan [1933]
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei
By Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel [1919]
Another, very lucid translation of the Tao te Ching by
the author of A Buddhist Bible.
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei (2nd ed.)
By Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel [1939]
The second edition of this book (see above), with a very different
translation of the text and some additional material.
The Sayings of Lao Tzu
by Lionel Giles [1905]
A clear English rendering of the Tao te Ching by one of the best Chinese translators.