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Wenzi: The Book of Master Wen
Wenzi presents itself as the teachings of Laozi's disciple, developing the Tao Te Ching into a philosophy of government, virtue and harmony with nature. Its chapters on the Way, virtue, the sage ruler and the natural order bridge Daoism and Han political thought, and many sayings echo the Huainanzi. This is a complete new English translation, with names in modern pinyin and the text rendered as plain, readable English prose. It is short enough to read in an evening and deep enough to return to for years, and the English keeps the paradoxes and stories intact. The early Chinese thinkers argued about the same questions we still ask: how to live, how to govern, what is natural and what can be known.
