Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary

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Summary: IT IS HIGH TIME TO EXONERATE LAU TZU
Review: The Tao Te Ching is perhaps the most misunderstood and misinterpreted book in history. It is highly subtle and paradoxical. In comparing the Silk texts to the prevalent texts, Chichung Huang amazingly corrected some 500 textual errors. He was uniquely versed in ancient Chinese cannotations, a higher level of classical learning, and used this ability to be literal, specific and clear. He not only proves his work philosophically, but philologically as well.
In this work , the translator has repaired persistant errors perpetuated by the legalist school commentor Han Fei (c.240 B.C.E). For example, Lao Tzu has been accused of Machiavellian Strategy, and political intrigue by the perpetual mistranslation of ch.36. Chichung Huang restored the true naturalistic principles to ch.36, negating the legalist art of war school interpretations. By comparing ch.36 with any other translation it becomes clear how important, unique and revelatory Chichung Huang's work is.
I hope this exceptional work finds its way to revoke the poetic license most translators take. They have done great harm by marketing an Eastern mysticism ( though very profitable), based on vague and contrary understanding. Chichung Huang, though not promoted like a Robert Hendricks, Stephan Mitchell etc., is a true scholar that produced a truly great work.