Tao te ching, which translation is the best?

[Pernani]

I wanna read this book, but there's a shitton of diff versions with diff translations, and with translation a lot of the meaning is lost or distorted from the original, so which do you recommend ?

[tsuki]

I read the version by Ursula Le Guinn.
It is not a scientific translation, but a compilation of them with the intent of capturing the poetic beauty of the original.
Ursula Le Guinn is a renown author of many bestsellers. You can find this version in PDF on the web.

[Joseph Maynor]

Read multiple versions. I like the version by Red Pine. That’s the one I started with. But I’ve read several versions.  And I summarized the entire thing in my Journal Vol. 1.

[Pernani]

On 6/30/2018 at 1:27 PM, tsuki said:

I read the version by Ursula Le Guinn.
It is not a scientific translation, but a compilation of them with the intent of capturing the poetic beauty of the original.
Ursula Le Guinn is a renown author of many bestsellers. You can find this version in PDF on the web.

awesome! gonna check that out

18 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Read multiple versions. I like the version by Red Pine. That’s the one I started with. But I’ve read several versions.  And I summarized the entire thing in my Journal Vol. 1.

my to read list is an ever growing library that I'll probably never finish lol, I only got so much time for one book but i think ill check the red pine ver and the ursula guinn

[Rebec]

I like the Stephen Mitchell version. His version is easy to read and a has a very modern translation feel to it.

[Prabhaker]

Osho talks on Fragments From Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

http://oshosearch.net/Convert/Articles_Osho/Tao_The_Three_Treasures_Volume_1/Osho-Tao-The-Three-Treasures-Volume-1-index.html

http://oshosearch.net/Convert/Articles_Osho/Tao_The_Three_Treasures_Volume_2/Osho-Tao-The-Three-Treasures-Volume-2-index.html

http://oshosearch.net/Convert/Articles_Osho/Tao_The_Three_Treasures_Volume_3/Osho-Tao-The-Three-Treasures-Volume-3-index.html

[Shu]

I heard thet Derek Lin have translated the book as is without any bias. 

 

Edited July 25, 2018 by Shu

[tsuki]

@Prabhaker Thank you very much for these resources.
I really appreciate your contributions to the forum.