The texts authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tao te ching. The main characters of this classics, philosophy story are. Mitchell last updated 20 july 1995 1 the tao that can be told is not the eternal tao the name that can be named is not the eternal name.
Pdf tao te ching book by lao tzu free download 160 pages. Basta cliccare sul titolo desiderato per giungere al libro interessato. Daodejing en espanol, tao te ching in spanish, spanish. Tao te ching, the world is a sacred vessel, more easily harmed than improved or controlled. The tao te ching is a short text of around 5,000 chinese characters in 81 brief chapters or sections. Tao te ching lao tzu tao te ching written by laotzu translation by stephen. The tao te ching has a long and complex textual history. Percio chi non ha mai desideri ne contempla larcano, chi sempre desidera ne contempla il termine. According to tradition, it was written around 6th century bc by the sage laozi, a recordkeeper at the. I looked around and realise the best version is a free pdf i found done by lok san ho in hong kong because it harnassed the fact that most hong kong chinese are brought up bilingual with english and classical chinese cantonese as our mother tongues. Thus, the constant void enables one to observe the true essence. Tao te ching chapter one tao the way that can be spoken of is not the constant tao the name that can be named is not a constant name.