LinesTaoTeChing

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This app will display Quotes of Tao Te Ching and you can save and Share any of the displayed quote.You can learn daily and Press Next button to generate new quote.The Tao Te Ching is central to both philosophical and religious conceptions of Taoism, and has had great influence beyond Taoism as such on Chinese philosophy and religious practice throughout history. Terminology originating in the Tao Te Ching has been reinterpreted and elaborated upon by Legalist thinkers, Confucianists, and particularly Chinese Buddhists, which had been introduced to China significantly after the initial solidification of Taoist thought. Artists including painters, calligraphers, and gardeners have found inspiration within the work,and it is comparatively well known in the West. It is one of the most translated texts in world literature.The Tao Te Ching has been translated into Western languages over 250 times, mostly to English, German, and French.According to Holmes Welch, It is a famous puzzle which everyone would like to feel he had solved. The first English translation of the Tao Te Ching was produced in 1868 by the Scottish Protestant missionary John Chalmers, entitled The Speculations on Metaphysics, Polity, and Morality of the Old Philosopher Lau-tsze. It was heavily indebted to Julien's French translation and dedicated to James Legge, who later produced his own translation for Oxford's Sacred Books of the East.