Reading the Tao Te Ching right now. Kind of disappointed. Any advice for how to approach/appreciate it?
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler a) Read CC Tsai's manhua version. b) Read Crowley's translation for trolly goodness c) Recognize it's a manual of statesmanship3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev I'm reading this one... no good?pic.twitter.com/TDSvcXHgt8
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Replying to @KevinSimler
@KevinSimler Not a clue! Looks kinda Barnes & Noble to me.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@KevinSimler http://www.duhtao.com/ is a good site; it has a bunch of different translations and you can compare passages.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@KevinSimler Nice thing about the Daodejing is it's so short, if you don't like a translation at least it hasn't wasted much of your time.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@KevinSimler But as a translation I really like CC Tsai's; cartooning is the correct context to initially encounter the text.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@KevinSimler And as an interlocutor, I like Chad Hansen. He wrote http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/daoism/ and http://www.amazon.com/Daoist-Theory-Chinese-Thought-Interpretation/dp/0195134192?tag=duckduckgo-ffsb-20 …
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