10. Sir Old, the Chinese Classic of Taoism
Book Details
The date of Bill's first translation of this work are currently unknown but it was re-edited and compiled into his final self-published, paper-backed edition in 2003. This work represents the 10th of 33 of the Chinese Culture Series.
A new edition was published in 2019.
- Paperback: 217 pages
- Publisher: Independently published (10 May 2019)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1097721914
- ISBN-13: 978-1097721917
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.2 x 22.9 cm
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Sir Old (Lao-tzu), also known as Cosmic law and its latent powers (Tao-te ching) is a Chinese book said to have been written in the sixth century BC by a certain Lao Tan, Sir Old, but now thought more probably to come from the third century BC. The main classic of one of the three Doctrines of traditional Chinese philosophy and belief, Taoism, it presents the major alternative and complement to Confucianism, continuing to occupy a position deep in the Chinese psyche. Its philosophy, after pointing out the fundamental mystery that the cosmos poses to human beings, goes on to champion the notion of the strength that can come from softness, non-interference, and other things commonly deemed weak. No quest after mysticism, it strives to its utmost to present subtle ideas with the greatest clarity. A work for the past, present and very much for the future.
List of Books in the Chinese Culture Series
- Kuan Han-Ch'ing: China's first Playwright
- Bring on the Wine and other Poems by Li Pai
- Chinese Poetry Through The Ages: an Anthology
- Chinese Short Stories - Spanning 2000 Years
- History of early Chinese Ch'ü-aria Poetry
- Sayings of Confucius and his Students
- Ma Chih-yüan's Complete San-ch'ü-aria Poems
- Wang Shi-Fu, Author of China's Most Famous Play
- West Wing Chantefable by Tung Chieh-yüan
- Sir Old, the Chinese Classic of Taoism
- Peking Opera
- Yüan Dynasty Variety Plays
- Mr Ma and son in London
- Songs Classic: China’s earliest poetry anthology
- Classical Chinese textbook
- Three Hundred T'ang Dynasty Poems
- Yüan Dynasty Variety Play dramas: 100 stories
- Chinese Folk-tales
- Chinese Humour: an Anthology
- Gold-producing Mansion
- Chinese Riddles
- Chinese Elliptical Idioms (hsieh-hou-yu)
- West Wing, China's most famous drama
- Washing Silk, a drama by Liang Ch'en-yi (1520-ca.1580)
- Chinee Drama Poems
- Chinese Prose: Biographies, Prefaces, Anecdotes ...
- Chinese Myths
- Chinese Prose: Biographies, Prefaces, Anecdotes ...
- Lasting-life Palace-hall by Hung Sheng (1654-1704)
- Chinese non-drama aria-poems, an anthology (VOLUME ONE)
- Chinese Poetry Through the Ages
- Dictionary of Chinese Idioms, Proverbs and Sayings
- Anthology of Chinese non-drama aria-poems (VOLUME TWO)