Tao Te Ching: The Taoism of Lao Tzu Explained

Tao Te Ching is the 2,500 years old source to Taoism, written by the legendary Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu. In 81 short chapters, he presented the world according to Tao, the Way, and how mankind should adapt to it. The book has become one of the foremost world classics of wisdom - maybe even more relevant today, than it was to Lao Tzu's contemporaries. This translation of the text focuses on the clarity and simplicity by which Lao Tzu expresses his fascinating cosmology and profound ethics. Each chapter is thoroughly explained, also regarding how this old wisdom can be understood and applied today. Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish writer of both fiction and non-fiction. As a historian of ideas, he studies the thought patterns in creation myths around the world. He is also a high-grade instructor of the peaceful martial art aikido, which he has practiced for almost 40 years.

Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author, artist, and historian of ideas. He has published a number of books in Swedish as well as English, both fiction and non-fiction. Among the latter are books about Taoism, the cosmology of the Greek philosophers, the Japanese martial arts, life force concepts, and astrology. His novels explore existential subjects in settings from stoneage drama to science fiction, but lately stay more and more focused on the present. He has written some plays for the stage and the screen. In the history of ideas he studies the thought patterns of creation myths, but also Aristotle’s Poetics. He is an aikido instructor, 7 dan Aikikai Shihan, former Vice Chairman of the International Aikido Federation, member of the Swedish Aikido Grading Committee, and President of the Swedish Budo & Martial Arts Federation.