The Tao Te Ching (alt. spelling: Dao De Jing) originated in China over 2000 years ago, although the exact date it was written isn't known. It is said to have been written by a man named Lao Tzu (Laozi) - for further information about him, look in the Taoist section of this directory under Lao Tzu. The Tao Te Ching is comprised of 81 chapters (or verses). It has been translated into different ... [MORE] 1. About the Tao - Translations and commentaries on some chapters including Chinese characters for each. 2. Dao Is Open - Translations with commentaries by Nina Correa. Site also includes the Seal Script characters used in the Guodian Laozi with English definitions, and a Taoist discussion forum. 3. Das Tao Te King von Lao Tse - 91 translations in many different languages, including 35 in English. 4. Lao Tzu Tao Te Ching - Translation by A. S. Kline. 5. Laozi Debate - A 1998 article in Archeology magazine by Spencer P.M. Harrington on the discovery of the Guodian text of the Dao De Jing. 6. Librarian's Lao-Tzu - "The Book of the Library and Its Ways" is a humorous interpolation from the viewpoint of a librarian by Andy Barnett. 7. Peter Merel's Tao Teh Ching - Peter Merel's Interpolation of the Tao Te Ching 8. Tao Te Ching - A new Translation by Akrishi - Contains an English translation as well as Chinese characters for each chapter. 9. Book of the Forest Path - A new rendition of the Tao Te Ching by Crispin Sartwell. This site also includes Crispin's reviews of other translations. 10. Center Tao: Tao Te Ching Commentary - Translation and commentary by Carl Abbott, founder of Center Tao in Santa Cruz, California. 11. Chad Hansen's Tao Te Ching - Chad Hansen's translation of the Tao Te Ching 12. Comments on the Tao Te Ching - Translational information and comparison, based on D. C. Lau's translation. 13. Crowley's Tao Teh King - Translation and personal introduction by Aleister Crowley. 14. Dao De Jing - Tao Te Ching - Interpolation by Tormod Kinnes, based on the English versions of Lin Yutang, Arthur Waley and Wing-tsit Chan. 15. Dao De Jing - The Way and its Power - Chinese text based on the Wang Bi version. English: Arthur Waley and D. C. Lau. French: Stanislas Julien. German: Richard Wilhelm. 16. Daoism in Brief: Laozi and the Dao De Jing - Personal opinions on the text and its author by Maury R. Merkin. 17. Daosim Depot - Over a dozen different translations. 18. Daozang - Transcription of Siji Tzu's oral rendition to his students. 19. Exploring Ancient World Cultures - Reflections on the Tao Te Ching, an essay by Mike Carson. 20. Headless Tao - A simple poetic interpretation by Jim Clatfelter. 21. Heidegger and the Tao Te Ching - A Brief Comparison of Martin Heidegger's "Being and Time" with Peter Merel's translation by David York. 22. Hermetica.info - An archive of texts translated by Bradford Hatcher. 23. Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (100+ translations...) - 100+ translations of chapter 1. 24. Laozi - An article in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Alan Chan of the National University of Singapore on the Dao De Jing: its origins, various ancient texts and commentaries. 25. Laozi (Lao Tzu) - Commentaries on the Dao De Jing by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping, including translations of some chapters. 26. Laozi Daodejing - English and German translations featuring Chinese text as GIFs. Each character is linked to a dictionary and includes Seal Script characters. 27. New Equations Tao Te Ching - By Alan Sheets and Barbara Tovey, who have grouped the chapters into nine personality types. 28. Pathless path, nameless name - A brief look at translation difficulties with the Dao De Jing. 29. Stan Rosenthal's Tao Teh Ching - Introduction and translation by Rosenthal. 30. Tao Te Ching - Translation by Steven Mitchell. 31. Tao Te Ching - Translation with some commentary by Dr. Edwin Sha from the perspective of a Buddhist. 32. Tao Te Ching - A translation by J.H. McDonald, with hyperlinked table of contents. 33. Tao Te Ching - A modern, humorous and loosely phrased translation by Ron Hogan. 34. Tao Te Ching - Book of Wisdom - Hilmar Klaus provides translations of the Dao De Jing in German and English. He also includes the Chinese characters for the Guodian, Mawangdui and Wang Bi versions as well as the PinYin spellings. 35. Tao Te Ching - Tattered Tree Trunk - Translation by David Lindauer. 36. Tao Te Ching Interpreted Succinctly - Based on a translation by Ursula Le Guin, Anthony Judge presents one-line synopses for each chapter. Site also contains extensive commentaries. 37. Tao Te Ching: Classics of Integrity and the Way - A rendition by Douglas Allchin including photographs for each chapter. 38. Tao Te Ching: Classics of Integrity and the Way - James Legge's version. 39. Tao Teh King - Translation was the predecessor of one which Dwight Goddard placed into later editions of the Buddhist Bible. 40. Taoism Information Page - Several on-line translations of the classic of the way. 41. Tau Teh Ching - Line by line comparisons of 24 translations of the Tao Te Ching. 42. Terebess Asia Online - Over 30 translations, including some well-known authors and some new ones. 43. The Authorship of the Tao Te Ching - John J. Emerson explores the possibilities of authorship based on the theories of other philosophers of the time as well as historical events. 44. The Cow Te Ching (The Cow and its Characteristics) - Tongue-in-cheek interpretation by Kevin Solway & David Quinn. Fun for a laugh. 45. The Flow and Power of Good - The first 10 chapters translated and adapted by Sonja Elen Kisa. 46. The Tao and the Te - "Fundamentals of Taoism and Mind in General" explores the connection of the Tao Te Ching to neurological patterns in the brain, by C. J. Lofting. 47. The Tao of Systems - "Ancient Systems Thinking in China and Its Application in Chinese Life" by Yi Lin. An essay on scientific applications of the Tao Te Ching to the systematic wholeness of life. 48. The Tao Te Ching - Using the Feng/English version, Masahito Koishikawa compares chapters of the Tao Te Ching with passages from the Bible. 49. The Tao Te Ching / Tao Te Chip NEW! - Sorensen's humorous transliteration which encorporates computer-ese, based loosely on the English translation by Steven Mitchell. 50. The Theosophy of the Tao Te Ching - An article written for Quest Magazine in which Richard W. Brooks comments on particular sections of various translations. 51. The Way of the Universe - Translated by John Louis Albert Trottier. 52. Way and Power Book - By Sanderson Beck, as included in the Wisdom Bible. 53. Welcome The Tao Te Ching - A work in progress by Darkchilde, including commentaries on various English translations. 54. Zhongwen - Rick Harbaugh's Chinese text of the Tao Te Ching, hyperlinked to definitions of Chinese characters and to an English translation.

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