The Wisdom of the East Series
EDITED BY
L. CRANMER-BYNG
Dr. S. A. KAPADIA
THE SAYINGS OF LAO TZŬ
WISDOM OF THE EAST
THE SAYINGS OF LAO TZŬ
TRANSLATED
FROM THE CHINESE, WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY LIONEL GILES, M.A. (OXON.)
ASSISTANT AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK
[1905]
Scanned, proofed, and formatted at sacred-texts.com, September 2006, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to 1923.
¶ Index
- Editorial Note
- Introduction
- Tao In Its Transcendental Aspect, And In Its Physical Manifestation
- Tao As A Moral Principle, Or “Virtue”
- The Doctrine of Inaction
- Lowliness And Humility
- Government
- War
- Paradoxes
- Miscellaneous Sayings and Precepts
- Lao Tzŭ On Himself