The Classic of the Way and VirtueThe essential Taoist book and one of a triad that make up the most influential religious and philosophical writings of Chinese tradition, the Tao te Ching is the subject of hundreds of new interpretive studies each year. As Taoism emerges as one of the East Asian philosophies most interesting to Westerners, an accessible new edition of this great work written for English language readers, yet rendered with an eye toward Chinese understanding has been