Re: NATLANG/TRANS/ETC: The Daode Jing (Tao Te Ching) of Laozi (Lao Tzu)

J Y S Czhang scripsit:

> http://www.hku.hk/philodep/courses/EWEthics/ttc.htm
I gotta say, I think this translation is absolutely detestable: it makes
"words easy to understand" into impenetrable and cacophonous jargon.

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