Tao Te Ching: A New Translation by Lao Tzu

William Scott Wilson translates Lao Tzu’s classic Taoist text using both the ancient text and the older Great Seal script of Lao Tzu’s time. The translation is illustrated with seventeenth-century Chinese ink paintings.

Wilson’s introduction tells the story of Lao Tzu, and notes illuminate the text. Two short essays explore the relationship between Taoism and Zen and the links between the Tao and the practice of Chinese and Japanese arts.