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Review title: A guide? No, just a word-per-word translation
Product review: This book is screaming to the author - do not publish me yet! Give me a little bit more of your time!This is a word-for-word translation of the famous classic. Every character (unfortunately its a simplified version that is given) is translated and given a common prononciation.Below is a translation of the whole phrase.What is missing? Everything else. When I buy a "GUIDE to Reading Tao Te Ching" I buy something that will be "guiding" me - explaining, discussing hard-to-understand things, giving me a literary, phylosophical and historical notes, meanings, etc, etc, etc.This one is a quickie job over something that deserves a lot of attention and devotion. Tao Te Ching and superficiality are not a good combination.Is it useful? Yes, to some extent it is. Was my hopes satisfied? Not at all.Alex Chaihorsky.
