The Essential Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of the Tao
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Obviously my review will be more about the translation rather than this historic book of Taoism.
I found the language slightly difficult compare to the online translations of some of the chapters.
However I really liked the fact that he got multiple translations and commentary after his original translation for each chapter from sources range old master's to contemporary writers.
Also the “dictionary” at the end was super insightful.
I thought this translation was excellent, but I didn't care for the commentary after each section. While the commentary itself was generally insightful, placing it after each section was a bit jarring. Reading the commentary, usually longer than the text itself, kept me in analytical mode, making it difficult to switch back to the intuitive mode often required for the text.