Tao te Ching, Book Section:
In this section of the website is contained the "Tao te Ching" written by Lao tzu and Translated by James Legge. You can turn the pages by clicking next. The book is divided into two parts and 81 chapters. Each web page is about four chapters and each chapter is anywhere from one to six paragraphs in length. Not a very large sized book at all, but if you study the Tao te Ching, it will seem much larger.

The Tao te Ching is divided into chapters and paragraphs/verses that are numbered for ease of citing. Example: As Lao tzu said, "Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without looking out from his window, one sees the Tao of Heaven. The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows." Tao te Ching, 47:1. That's what I have done here, anyhow. The menu to the left is numbered according to the chapters which is very convenient. The links below divides the book into two parts.

Obviously the author Lao tzu was not like most people, and like so many influential men throughout history he was a man ahead of his time. After writing this, the origins of a multitude of future religions, he disappeared; never to be heard of again.

Go to: Lao tzu, Information

PART I

1. Tao te Ching, 1 - 4
2. Tao te Ching, 5 - 8
3. Tao te Ching, 9 - 12
4. Tao te Ching, 13 - 16
5. Tao te Ching, 17 - 20
6. Tao te Ching, 21 - 24
7. Tao te Ching, 25 - 28
8. Tao te Ching, 29 - 32
9. Tao te Ching, 33 - 37
   
   PART II
   
   
10. Tao te Ching, 38 - 40
11. Tao te Ching, 41 - 44
12. Tao te Ching, 45 - 48
13. Tao te Ching, 49 - 52
14. Tao te Ching, 53 - 56
15. Tao te Ching, 57- 60
16. Tao te Ching, 61 - 64
17. Tao te Ching, 65 - 68
18. Tao te Ching, 69 - 72
19. Tao te Ching, 73 - 76
20. Tao te Ching, 77 - 81