Description: The Daode jing ("Book of the Dao and Its Virtue") is an essential work in both traditional Chinese culture and world philosophy. This guide provides an overview of the text, presenting its historical unfolding, its major concepts, and its contemporary use.
Review Quotes: "the volume provides accessible and altogether reliable insights in the Daoist tradition and thereby documents one aspect the Dàodéjīng's persuasive power" -- Barbara Hendrischke, Religious Studies Review
"Kohn's Daode jing has a minimum of specialist jargon, and is written in an approachable style that will make it perfect for anyone interested in Chinese philosophy, religion, medicine, arts, or martial arts. Readers of the Yijing, the Book of Changes, will find this volume helpful for better understanding the breadth of the Yi's cultural roots." -- Contemplating the I Ching"The volume is a succinct one, the main text consists only of 116 pages: but those pages are busy with instructive narrative, data, and illustrations; it is thus a recommended text for all students of comparative and Asian religions." -- Lehel Balogh, Hokkaido University, Religious Studies Review