Stephen Mitchell's Version of the Tao Te Ching

[les555qq]

another gentle, spoiled, self-absorbed now-Chinese speaking person has figured it all out, on a book that has been translated through serious study over thousands of years, another modern master with no backgound knowledge of the surrounding time period the book was written in, like many modern master yoga gurus, zen masters, tai-chi experts, all followed by needy people, to the gentle, spoiled, self-absorbed heroes.

[sbennett14]

What gives you the right to create a "version" of an ancient Chinese text without the understanding required of Chinese culture and language? You, sir, baffle me. You sir, disgust me. Non dignus es.

[amazonman54]

Reading your version of the Tao changed how I viewed the world.