TAO TE CHING
LAO TZU
TRANSLATED BY S.ROSENTHAL

C O N T E N T S

INTRODUCTORY NOTES:
Preface
Bibliography & References
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes on the Interpretation

OVERVIEW:
The Tao and its Name
Knowledge of 'The Tao'
Letting Go of Opposites
Without Seeking Acclaim
The Unfathomable Tao
Tranquil but Unceasing
The Manifestation of Tao through Complementary Opposites

Translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
1.   The Embodiment of Tao
2.   Letting Go of Comparisons
3.   Without Seeking Acclaim
4.   The Unfathomable Tao
5.   Without Intention
6.   Completion
7.   Sheathing The Light
8.   The Way of Water
9.   Without Extremes
10.  Cleaning the Dark Mirror
11.  The Utility of Non-Existence
12.  The Repression of Desires
13.  Unmoved and Unmoving
14.  Experiencing the Mystery
15.  The Manifestation of the Tao in Man
16.  Returning to the Root
17.  Leadership by Exception
18.  The Decay of Ethics
19.  Returning to Naturalness
20.  Being Different from Ordinary Men
21.  Finding the Essence of Tao
22.  Yielding to Maintain Integrity
23.  Accepting the Irrevocable
24.  Excess
25.  The Creative Principle of Tao
26.  Centring
27.  Following the Tao
28.  Retaining Integrity
29.  Taking No Action
30.  A Caveat against Violence
31.  Maintaining Peace
32.  If the Tao Were Observed
33.  Without Force: Without Perishing
34.  Without Contriving
35.  The Benevolent Host
36.  Overcoming
37.  The Exercise of Leadership
38.  The Concerns of the Great
39.  Sufficiency and Quietness
40.  Being and Not Being
41.  Sameness and Difference
42.  The Transformations of the Tao
43.  At One with the Tao
44.  Sufficiency
45.  Changes
46.  Moderating Desire and Ambition
47.  Discovering the Distant
48.  Forgetting Knowledge
49.  The Virtue of Receptivity
50.  The Value Set on Life
51.  The Nourishment of the Tao
52.  Returning to the Source
53.  Evidence
54.  Cultivating Insight
55.  Mysterious Virtue
56.  Virtuous Passivity
57.  Simplification
58.  Transformations According to Circumstances
59.  Guarding the Tao
60.  Ruling
61.  Humility
62.  Sharing the Treasure
63.  Beginning and Completing
64.  Staying with the Mystery
65.  Virtuous Government
66.  Leading from Behind
67.  The Three Precious Attributes
68.  Without Desire
69.  The Use of the Mysterious Tao
70.  Hidden Identity
71.  Without Sickness
72.  Loving the Self
73.  Acting with a Sufficiency
74.  Usurping the Tao
75.  Injuring through Greed
76.  Against Trusting in Strength
77.  The Way of the Tao
78.  Sincerity
79.  Fulfilling One's Obligations
80.  Standing Alone
81.  Manifesting Simplicity