Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way
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Ursula K. Le Guin
About this listen
In this landmark modern-day rendition of the ancient Taoist classic, Ursula K. Le Guin presents Lao Tzu’s time-honored and astonishingly powerful philosophy like never before. Drawing on a lifetime of contemplation, she offers an unparalleled window into the text’s awe-inspiring, immediately relatable teachings and their inestimable value for our troubled world.
©1997 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)2009 Shambhala PublicationsCritic Reviews
“Each day I open this book at random and receive a contemplative gift. These words are akin to water in the desert. (Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge)
“The type of work which the great Polish poet and Nobel laureate Wisława Szymborska meant when she spoke of ‘that rare miracle when a translation stops being a translation and becomes...a second original.’...The whole of Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching is well worth savoring - as much for the ancient substance as for Le Guin’s stylistic splendor.” (Maria Popova, Brain Pickings)
“A student of the Tao for several decades, Le Guin has created an English text that will speak to modern readers in a fresh and lively way, while conveying the humor, insight, and beauty of the original.” (Lion’s Roar magazine)
“Among the many translations of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, Ursula K. Le Guin’s new version is a special treasure - a delight. There is something startlingly fresh and creatively alive here, brought forth by Ms. Le Guin’s intuitive and personal ingenuity.” (Chuangliang Al Huang, founder of the Living Tao Foundation and coauthor (with Alan Watts) of Tao: The Watercourse Way)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 30-06-2024
Atmospheric
It’s not so much a book you listen to, this is more a performance that Ursula has created around an important piece of writing (and her translation of it). If you’re easily distracted or just looking for academic reading, this is not for you. Ursula has drawn out more meaning to the original writing, thanks to her interpretation of sound and word. Beautifully done.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Robin
- 31-10-2021
sound effects ruin Le Guin
beautiful translation and narration.
contrived and distracting sound effects mastered louder than the narration.
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