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Tao Te Ching

Deluxe Slipcase Edition

Lao Tzu

$47.99

Hardback

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English
Arcturus
01 February 2026
'All things end in the Tao just as the small streams and the largest rivers flow through the valleys to the sea.'

The Tao Te Ching came into existence some 2,500 years ago, since when it has become the most influential text of Eastern philosophy. Best translated as The Classic of the Way and its Power (or Virtue), its teachings are of simplicity, humility, and 'non-action', and its cadenced poetry is at once spare and profound.

This beautifully illustrated silkbound slipcase edition features

exquisite full-colour Chinese images that bring out the timeless wisdom

of the text and it subtle guidance on how to live well.
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Imprint:   Arcturus
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 231mm,  Width: 150mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   609g
ISBN:   9781398861282
ISBN 10:   1398861286
Series:   Arcturus Silkbound Classics
Pages:   160
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

According to tradition, Lao Tzu (an honorific title, meaning 'Old Master') was a contemporary of Confucius and the father of Taoism in the 6th Century BC. Many modern scholars, however, doubt his existence and contend that the Tao Te Ching was the work of several authors. Translator John H. Macdonald studied several different versions of the Tao Te Ching in an attempt to find consensus between them and determine the literal meaning of the original.

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