![]() “I have read many translations of this ancient text but Mitchell’s is by far the best. He is best known for his translations and adaptions of works including the Tao Te Ching. The obscure has been made transparent and available." - Common Boundary Stephen Mitchell is a poet, translator, scholar, and anthologist. "Mitchell's great talent is to communicate with the profound simplicity utterly appropriate for this task. If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. "I read the Stephen Mitchell translation of the Tao Te Ching in one sitting, three times. Tao Te Ching, Translation by Stephen Mitchell, Harper Perennial. ![]() ![]() "Beautiful and accessible the English, as 'fluid as melting ice,' is a joy to read throughout." - The New Republic It embodies the virtues its translator credits to the Chinese original: a gemlike lucidity that is radiant with humor, grace, largeheartedness, and deep wisdom." - Huston Smith, author of The Religions of Man "Mitchell's rendition of the Tao Te Ching comes as close to being definitive for our time as any I can imagine. ![]()
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