Tao Te Ching: With Commentary

By Ho-Shang Kung

Ho-Shang Kung was a legendary writer and teacher thought to have lived about 150CE. So he wrote his commentary about 400 years after Lao Tzu wrote the Tao Te Ching . Arguably his is the oldest complete commentary that has survived. It has long been favored by many who practice Taoism. "The language of Ho-shang Kung's commentary is simple. Its imagination is down-to-earth. It expounds the belief that the universe consists of qi, the energy-like building blocks of life. Interpreting the text in terms of yin-yang theory, the Tao Te Ching is seen to disclose not only the mystery of the origin of the universe, but also the secret to personal well-being and sociopolitical order." - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy However this book is not a "how-to" manual with detailed instructions on Taoist practices .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F43DYXSV
• ISBN13: 9798312056822
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 182 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"