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1) The Tâo and its Characteristics

Author

Tze, Lao

Pub. Date

[2018]

Language

English

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"The Taoist canon, the Daodejing, has been translated many times, but the version by the great translator James Legge is one of the best, but also one of the least known. This edition includes the full text of Legge's translation of the Lao-Tzu classic, along with the full Chinese text of the original."--

2) The Analects

Author

Confucius

Series

Everyman's library volume 184
Ideas for Life
Penguin Classics

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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Confucius was a Chinese teacher, statesman, and philosopher who lived in the 5th and 6th century BC. One of the most influential philosophers of all time, and still deeply regarded amongst the Chinese people, his ideology is one which emphasizes the importance of the family, as well as justice, sincerity, and morality in both personal and political matters. Confucius did not regard himself as an innovator, but as the conservator of ancient truth and...