![]() There are few bona fide classics that are so short, yet so packed with food for thought. The second reason for the popularity of the Tao Te Ching is its brevity. ![]() As such, the Tao Te Ching shares crucial points of similarity with other major religious scriptures the world over. The first is that the Tao Te Ching is considered to be the fundamental text of both philosophical Taoism and religious Taoism. There are several reasons for the superabundance of translations. ![]() Well over a hundred different renditions of the Taoist classic have been made into English alone, not to mention the dozens in German, French, Italian, Dutch, Latin, and other European languages. Next to the Bible and Bhagavad Gita, the Tao Te Ching is the most translated book in the world. ![]() ![]() The present form of the Tao Te Ching is an amalgam of the combined wisdom and insight of many Chinese sages, which took form between the seventh and second centuries B.C.E. Just as the Chinese language has experienced numerous transformations, the Tao Te Ching has changed and evolved over time. The Tao Te Ching, also referred to as the Lao Tzu is an ancient Chinese text consisting of spiritual teachings, folk wisdom, political instruction, cosmology, observations of nature, anti-Confucian doctrine, and mystical insights. ![]()
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