{"product_id":"tao-te-ching-luxury-full-color-edition-9781398840799","title":"Tao Te Ching: Luxury Full-Color Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis beautiful hardback edition presents the Lao Tzu's classic work Tao Te Ching, with stenciled page edges, full-color illustrations and gold-embossing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching \u003c\/i\u003ecame into existence some 2500 years ago, since when it has become the most influential text of Eastern philosophy. Best translated as \u003ci\u003eThe Classic of the Way and its Power (or Virtue)\u003c\/i\u003e, its teachings are of simplicity, humility and 'non-action', and its cadenced poetry is at once spare and profound. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing stunning full-color illustrations as well as the complete original Chinese text, this luscious hardback edition with stenciled page edges and gold foil blocking makes a wonderful gift or collectable for anyone interested in the contemporary insights of ancient Chinese wisdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/b\u003e The \u003ci\u003eArcturus Luxury Classics\u003c\/i\u003e series brings together deluxe gift editions of classic works of literature, complete with stenciled page edges, gold embossed cover designs, full-color illustrations and beautiful patterned endpapers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to tradition, \u003cb\u003eLao Tzu\u003c\/b\u003e (an honorific title, meaning 'Old Master') was a contemporary of Confucius and the father of Taoism in the 6th Century BCE. Many modern scholars, however, doubt his existence and contend that the Tao Te Ching was the work of several authors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslator \u003cb\u003eJohn H. Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e studied several different versions of the \u003ci\u003eTao Te Ching\u003c\/i\u003e in an attempt to find consensus between them and determine the literal meaning of the original.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sirius Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900824588562,"sku":"9781398840799","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0ad01709-5554-4cf4-b8d5-9b3bebc84194.jpg?v=1768914708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tao-te-ching-luxury-full-color-edition-9781398840799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}