"The most translated book in the world after the Bible, the Tao Te Ching, or "Book of the Way," is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. Through aphorisms and parable, it leads readers toward the Tao, or the "Way": harmony with the life force of the universe. Traditionally attributed to Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher who was a contemporary of Confucius, it is the essential text of Taoism, one of the three great religions...

" A landmark new translation of the ancient Chinese oracle and book of wisdom With our lives changing at dizzying speed, the I Ching, or Book of Change, is increasingly consulted for answers to fundamental questions about the world and our place in it. The oldest extant book of divination, it dates back three thousand years to ancient shamanistic practices involving the ritual preparation of the shoulder bones of oxen. From this early form of communication...

A comprehensive collection of Chinese lyric verse, prose tales, oracles, chronicles, philosophical writings, and more, from the most ancient times through the 10th century, with over a thousand translations by people such as Ezra Pound, Cyril Birch, and Burton Watson, sampling over 2,000 years of a venerable literary tradition. Includes a guide to pronunciation, a conversion table for different transcriptions, and an index of translators.