Review by Kim Young Ju, Spring, 2002
Tao Teh Ching (The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue). Translated by John C. H. Wu.
Most people hold that
the Tao Teh Ching was written by Lao Tzu in China over 2000 years ago.
Some people, however, maintain that it was composed after Confucius. Anyway, Tao
Teh Ching is a series of insights into life and nature.
In the Eastern world in
general, especially in the east-Asian society including China, Japan, and Korea,
the perfect harmony with the nature (ultimate principle) has been regarded as
human’s final end, or virtue.
While Confucianism
places a man in his proper relation to his fellow-men, the Taoism places a man
in his proper relation to nature. And moreover, Buddhism deals with the problem
of human suffering and with man’s ultimate destiny.
This book is composed
of 81 chapters, which is divided into the
Tao Ching (way) and the Teh Ching (virtue).
Each chapter shows the
enlightened dimensions, and is also consistent with the ineffability of Tao.
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