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Book Reviews of Tao Te Ching: A New English Version

Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
Tao Te Ching A New English Version
Author: Lao Tzu, Stephen Mitchell (Translator)
ISBN-13: 9780060916084
ISBN-10: 0060916087
Publication Date: 6/1991
Pages: 128
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
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This is a very elegant translation of this book to English. It reads with poetic fluidity. The words read with a liquid quality as if it was written originally in English. Unlike the other translations, though good, at some places they get choppy, as if words were forced, wedged in. Mitchell preserves the simplicity of the message with utter elegance.