The Tao Teh KingTao Te Ching, Legge's translation
Full text · 67 chaptersNarrated in your voice
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What it's about
Lao Tzu's foundational text of Taoism — eighty-one short chapters on the Way, action through non-action, and living in accord with nature, in James Legge's Sacred Books of the East translation.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Anyone reading the world's scriptures side by side - Readers who want the source of Taoist thought, whole - A chapter a night, eighty-one nights
What’s inside
Showing the first 24 of 67 chapters — open the book for the rest.
What readers say
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