内容简介
Datingfromaround300BC,TaoTeChingisthefirstgreatclassicoftheChineseschoolofphilosophycalledTaoism.Withinitspagesissummedupacompleteviewofthecosmosandhowhumanbeingsshouldrespondtoit.Aprofoundmysticalinsightintothenatureofthingsformsthebasisforahumanemoralityandvisionofpoliticalutopia.TheideasinthisworkconstituteoneofthemainshapingforcesbehindChinesespirituality,artandscience,somuchsothatnounderstandingofChinesecivilisationispossiblewithoutagraspofTaoism.ThiseditionpresentstheauthoritativetranslationbyArthurWaley,withanewIntroductionreflectingrecentdevelopmentsintheinterpretationofthework.