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Title: The Tao of Power by R.L. Wing ISBN: 0-385-19637-7 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 03 January, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An old friend
Comment: I honestly can't say I've read many books that "changed my life" but I can't help saying that when I talk about this book. I'll spare you from any details about my personal life, but when I first read "The Tao of Power" ten years ago, it had a profound affect on me. At some points it seemed to state obsevations that I myself had recently made. At other times it seemed to answer many of the questions that had been consuming my waking hours. I can't say for sure that it was this book that forced me to change the direction of my life, but it will always be attached to many of the better decisions I made during that period.
I've bought and read many copies of the Tao te Ching over the years, but this translation reamins my favorite. It's well organized, easy to read, and has the best footnotes and translations available. Mr. Wing reduces his own comments to notes at the bottom of each page, leaving more room for illustrations and calligraphy. To me this shows his respect for the asthetics of the work itself.
Most other translations spend too much time in thesis and not enough time showing the beauty and power of the work. One of the beauties is it's simplicity. An individual could spend years deciphering this work, and many have, but I prefer to draw my own conclusions. R.L. Wing offers insights and explanation without forcing many of his own beliefs on the reader. Granted he does try to show practical day to day applications, but it's subtle enough to be forgiven.
I will always have a fondness for this book that extends past "a good read". Undoubtedly, most of you won't feel the same way I do, but if you manage to get a fraction of what I got from it, it will be worth your while.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Gift!
Comment: I bought this book years ago. I was so impressed with it! It was like my bible. I read it to clear my mind of stress.
I've since purchased about a dozen more. Instead of flowers, which isn't too appropriate for a guy, I give this as a host(ess) gift to various friends that my husband and I owe thank-you cards to from our travels.
Rating: 5
Summary: If you get one, keep it.
Comment: This is a fantastic translation of the Dao De Jing. (I have others.) Perhaps I'm biased because it was the first one that I ever owned. And as a beginner in Chinese who knows, but I find the expression of concepts very sound, very simple and in complete agreement with esoteric law as I understand it. I have used it well over the years and soon will buy my very next copy. I'm so glad that it's still in print as I keep lending it to people who seem to want it more than me.
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Title: The Art of Strategy: A New Translation of Sun Tzu's Classic The Art of War by R.L. Wing ISBN: 0385237847 Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Art of War by Sun Tzu ISBN: 0385292163 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 10 March, 1983 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Illustrated I Ching by R.L. Wing ISBN: 0385177895 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 12 October, 1982 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: I Ching Workbook by R.L. Wing ISBN: 038512838X Publisher: Main Street Books Pub. Date: 19 December, 1978 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Book of Five Rings : The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi ISBN: 0517415283 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 28 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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