CONFUCIUS AND LAO TZU THE ANALECTS of CONFUCIUS. Lao Tzu: TAO TE CHING by Confucius & Lao Tzu, translated by Arthur Waley - 2005

NY: Barnes & Noble. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0760777950; Binding is almost as new, with a very shallow dent on the front cover's top edge. Gilt edges are almost as new. Contents are almost as new. DJ is amost as new. ; First Printing of the First Barnes & Noble Edition, 2005. . Arthur Waley's translations are copyrighted in 1938 and 1934. 4" x 6", 311pp. Dark blue cloth, bright gold spine lettering, silhouette of a sailing ship debossed on the front cover. All edges gilt. Bound-in ribbon marker. Blue endpapers. PHILOSOPHY. "Confucius and Lao Tzu represent the two great components in Chinese philosophy - rational and mystical. Confucianism is based on humanity, benevolence and goodness; it values age and the past, considering the latter an infallible model for the present. In old age, Lao Tzu left China, disappointed at humankind's intractability. Asked to record his teachings, he wrote the TAO TE CHING, offering mystical insights into the nature of things and providing a basis for a humane morality and a vision of political utopia. " ... 13-page Introduction by Tom Griffith. The ANALECTS is the only work of Confucius in this volume and TAO TE CHING is the only work of Lao Tzu included. .