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tao te ching

Writings related to the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu (Laozi). See also: Taoism.

Tao Te Ching: A New Translation (in progress)

Translation/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, June, 2016 [Last Updated: January 4, 2021]

Tao-teh-king (Chin.). Lit., “The Book of the Perfectibility of Nature” written by the great philosopher Lao-tze. It is a kind of cosmogony which contains all… Read More »Tao Te Ching: A New Translation (in progress)

The Meaning of “Tao”

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, June, 2016

This will be an exploration of the Chinese term Tao through a breakdown of the traditional Chinese characters. Tao is a mysterious term, translated and… Read More »The Meaning of “Tao”

Introduction to the Tao Te Ching

Article/ by Jon W. Fergus, Universal Theosophy, February, 2013

The Tao Te Ching is today the second most widely translated book in human history. It forms the fundamental core of modern Taoist philosophy and… Read More »Introduction to the Tao Te Ching

Discovering the Tao Teh Ching

Article/ by Mark Davidson, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, October/November 1990

Lao-tzu’s Tao Teh Ching sat on the bookshelf for many years before it was finally dusted off and read. After only the first chapter I… Read More »Discovering the Tao Teh Ching

Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way and of Righteousness)

Commentary/Translation/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Quarterly, January, April, July, October, 1921; January, April, July, October, 1922; January, 1923 [Serialized]

1. The way that can be told is not the eternal Way. The word that can be spoken is not the eternal Word. Unnamed, It… Read More »Tao Te Ching (Book of the Way and of Righteousness)

Introduction to the Philosopher [Laotze] and His Book the Tao Teh

Article/ by Walter Gorn Old, 1904 [from The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze, 1904]

Little or nothing is known in regard to the early life of the old philosopher Laotze, but history reports that he was born in the… Read More »Introduction to the Philosopher [Laotze] and His Book the Tao Teh

Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze)

Commentary/Translation/ by Walter Gorn Old, 1904

[Dedication:] ToAndrew Carnegie,An Exponent of theRational Philanthropy:which, by Feeding the Root,instead of Lopping the Branches,stimulates development from within;and by theSupreme Charity of Letting Alone, enables… Read More »Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Simple Way of Laotze)

Tao Te Ching (The Canon of Reason and Virtue)

Translation/ by Paul Carus with D. T. Suzuki, , 1898 [From Lao-Tze’s Tao-Teh-King, 1898]

1: Reason’s Realization 1. The Reason that can be reasoned is not the eternal Reason. The name that can be named is not the eternal… Read More »Tao Te Ching (The Canon of Reason and Virtue)