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Book Review of Tao Te Ching: A New English Version

Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
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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.