The Texts of Taoism, Part 1
James Legge
Legge's landmark translation of the Tao Te Ching together with the first seventeen books of the Chuang Tzu. The single best entry point to the Taoist canon in English.
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The Texts of Taoism, Part 2The second half of Legge's translation, completing the Chuang Tzu and adding the Tai Shang Kan Ying Pien and other Taoist moral tracts. Pairs directly with Part 1.
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The complete Chuang Tzu in Herbert Giles's translation, the version that introduced the second great Taoist classic to English readers. Includes the parables and dialogues the book is best known for.
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A linguistic and textual study of which parts of the Zhuangzi come from Zhuang Zhou himself and which were added by later hands. The reference work on how the text was put together.
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Selections from the Lieh-Tzu, the third of the classical Taoist books, on dreams, chance, effortless skill and the limits of knowledge. Short parables that read easily on their own.
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A short Taoist moral tract on quiet virtue and hidden good deeds, translated with extracts from the Chinese commentary and its traditional stories. One of the devotional texts most widely read inside the tradition.
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