„The Tao Te Ching is partly in prose, partly in verse; but as we define poetry now, not by rhyme and meter but as a patterned intensity of language, the whole thing is poetry. I wanted to catch that poetry, its terse, strange beauty. Most translations have caught meanings in their net, but prosily, letting the beauty slip through. And in poetry, beauty is no ornament; it is the meaning. It is the truth. We have that on good authority.”
- Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin is the winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Gandalf, Kafka and National Book Awards. She is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, essays and translations including the Earthsea novels, Incredible Good Fortune and Lavinia.
Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
Ursula K. Le Guin
Published by Shambhala
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