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The Tao Te Ching
was written around the sixth century BC by
Laozi.
It was translated from Classical Chinese in 1891 by
James Legge.

This ebook was produced for
Standard Ebooks
by
Alex Cabal,
and is based on a transcription produced in 2008 by
Gregory Walker and David Widger
for
Project Gutenberg
and on digital scans availabe at
Google Books.

The cover page is adapted from
The Kangxi Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Three: Ji’nan to Mount Tai,
a painting completed in 1698 by
Wang Hui.
The cover and title pages feature the
League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy
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The League of Moveable Type.

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May 25, 2014, 12:00 a.m.
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