Name: Daodejing: Tao Te Ching
SKU: 58634812
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Author: Laozi
ISBN: 9781475074482

Type

Physical Book

Author

Laozi

Translated by

Luke H. Boyd

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

190

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9x15.2x1.1 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781475074482

Synopsis "Daodejing: Tao Te Ching"

Although now considered a spiritual handbook for a general audience, the Daodejing was originally written for Ancient China's ruling nobles during the waning years of the Spring and Autumn period. This was a socially and politically unstable time that was marked by widespread warfare between the Middle Kingdom's most powerful states. Laozi describes how personal ambition and material desire had caused many of the ruling nobles to forsake their natural place in the spiritual order of things, thus bringing misery and hardship to themselves and the people they ruled. He believed that if these ruling nobles would stop and look at the larger picture, they would see how their authority fit within the chains of authority that govern "all under Heaven."According to Laozi, all authority originates with a timeless mystical force called "The Way." Although the Way cannot be directly perceived, its effects can be observed in nature. While everything in nature spontaneously follows the Way, a ruler who is a "sage man" must move ahead cautiously as he constantly feels his way through the paradoxical flow of yin and yang [darkness and light, passive and active, feminine and masculine] that emanates from the Way.This is a fairly literal translation of the Daodejing. It doesn't project later philosophical or religious beliefs back onto the 2500 year old text. Instead, it approaches the text from an anthropological perspective and retains all of Laozi's allusions to the social norms, animistic beliefs, and religious practices of the Ancient Chinese during the Spring and Autumn period.

Laozi

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Laozi (también conocido como Lao-Tsé) fue un filósofo chino que habría vivido entre los siglos VI y IV a. C., aunque su existencia histórica exacta sigue siendo objeto de debate. Es considerado el fundador del taoísmo, una de las corrientes filosóficas y espirituales más influyentes de China.

Se le atribuye la autoría del Tao Te Ching, una obra breve pero profunda que propone vivir en armonía con el Tao (el “camino” o principio fundamental del universo). En este texto, Laozi defiende la simplicidad, la humildad y la acción sin esfuerzo (wu wei) como formas de alcanzar el equilibrio y la sabiduría.

Según la tradición, Laozi trabajó como archivista en la corte imperial de la dinastía Zhou y, desilusionado con la corrupción de la sociedad, decidió abandonar la civilización. Antes de partir hacia el oeste, un guardián le pidió que dejara por escrito su enseñanza, dando origen al Tao Te Ching.

Su pensamiento ha influido profundamente en la filosofía, la política y la espiritualidad de Asia, y sigue siendo una fuente de inspiración en todo el mundo.

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