~'This is a work of great creativity and impressive scholarship. He has achieved a translation that replicates, as closely as possible, the literary merit of the original, its rhythms and its rhymes. He repeatedly brings to our attention fresh insights and interpretations that deserve careful consideration. Roberts not only makes use of the Mawangdui manuscripts but, even more importantly, the recent Guodian finds, the latter opening a whole new page in Laozi Studies' - Stephen Durrant, Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Oregon and author of The Cloudy Mirror: Tension & Conflict in the Writing of Sima Qian.

215 x 140mm.

235pp

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Philosophy/Religion      Tao/Taoism