The Tao Te Ching 道德 经 ( listen to pronunciation) is the seminal work of Taoism. It is said to have been written by the Chinese sage Lao Zi (老子), but for which you are not sure of its existence.
The work consists of 81 short chapters, for a total of 5,000 Chinese characters. Legend has it that Lao Zi wrote this book before having to leave China on the back of his buffalo, tired of fighting and disorder reigned.
The text is very cryptic and, moreover, offers no point of reference neither time nor space, which makes his historical position especially difficult.
In Italian there are a dozen versions, some are original translations in Italian and other Italian translations from foreign authors.
Original Italian
| Translator | Edition | Year |
| Fausto Tomassini | UTET | 1977 |
| Leonello Lanciotti | Editorial New | 1981 |
| Luciano Parinetto * | The Happy Life | 1995 |
| Augusto Vitale | Moretti & Vitali | 2004 |
| Attilio Andreini | Einaudi | 2004 |
| C. Moir | New Techniques | 2005 |
| Augusto Sabbadini Shantena ** | Hurrah | 2009 |
* You can read the unabridged version of the site of the Liber Liber or if you prefer you can listen to the audiobook version (m3u format)
** From the author's site, you can download an excerpt of the introduction and Chapter 48 (PDF format)
Italian versions translated from other languages \u200b\u200b
| Curator | Edition | Original | Translation |
| L. Wieger | Luni | Francese (1913) | (1994) P. Nutrizio |
| R. Wilhelm | Armenia | Tedesco (1970) | (2002) Anna Carbone |
| J. Duyvendak | Adelphi | Francese (1953) | (1973) Anna Devoto |
| C. Larre | Jaca Book | Francese (1984) | (1993) Fabrizia Berera |
| B. Browne Walker | Mondadori | English (1995) | (2009) C. Lamparelli |
Curiosity
1) The AFPC's website find the Tao Te Ching in Chinese, translated into French, German and English.
2) In Wayist website, you can read 29 translations of the Tao Te Ching in English compared line by line!
3) In Onkellotus site you can read the Tao Te Ching in 27 different languages!
4) The site offers free Sanmayce project as a PDF file (50 MB approx) a in English and Russian version of the Tao Te Ching translated by various authors !
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