Laozi [Dao De Jing]. Library of Chinese Classics [Chinese-English]. ISBN: 7543820897, 7-5438-2089-7, 9787543820890, 978-7-5438-2089-0

ISBN-10: 7543820897, 7-5438-2089-7
ISBN-13: 9787543820890, 978-7-5438-2089-0
Chinese Title: 老子 - 大中华文库 (汉英对照)
Series: Library of Chinese Classics
English Translation: Arthur Waley
Modern Chinese Translation: Chen Guying
Binding: hardcover
Pages: 293
Shipping Weight: 680g
Size: 160mm x 240mm
Language: classical and modern Chinese (both in simplified characters), English
Year of Publication: 2003

One of the set of Library of Chinese Classics - published in a Chinese-English facing pages format as an introduction to the great body of traditional Chinese literature, history and philosophy. In modern Chinese, Classical Chinese and its English translation.

Laozi, also known as Dao De Jing, is a Taoist classic. According to legend, it was written by Lao Dan, a native of the state of Chu in late Spring and Autumn Period. The book consists of 81 chapters.

Laozi is a record of Lao Dan's world outlook, political outlook and epistemology. "Dao" is the basic category of the universe that it is independent of all other things, that it is constantly changing, and that it moves in cycles: "De", on the other hand, is the expansion of "Dao" and its application in life, society and politics.

The English translation of the present edition is one of major influence. Before it was reprinted, it had been checked against other translations. Appended is a production of the silk copy of Laozi unearthed at Mawangdui in Changsha in 1972.

老子 - 大中华文库 (汉英对照)
《老子》，又称《道德经》，道家经典，相传为春秋末期楚国人老聃所著，全书共81章。

《老子》是老聃哲学思想的言论集，系统地阐述了老子的宇宙观，政治观和认识论。"道"是老子哲学思想的基本范畴，老子认为"道"是宇宙的本源，他独立于任何其他东西之外，而且始终不断地发生变化周而复始；而"德"则是"道"德展开，是"道"在人生，社会和政治生活中的具体运用。

本书的英译是比较有影响的英译本之一，收入本书作了一些校订。书后附有1972年长沙马王堆汉墓出土的帛书《老子》。