"Go to the limit of emptiness; maintain a quiet steadiness and the 10,000 natural kinds will rise together." The Tao Te Ching, translated by some as "The Classic of Ways and Virtues" has illuminating and bewildering audiences since it first emerged in third century B.C. This edition is exceptionally sumptuous, featuring as it does beautiful, well-chosen photographs and, even more importantly, an unusually fluent and lyrical translation by Chad Hansen. His dexterous introduction to the work examines both the book"s historical context and the idiosyncratic nomenclature of the text itself. A worthy translation; a fine gift. Cover is blue silk cloth. Very attractive.