Nyutgåva av den kinesiska visdomsboken Dao De Jing (även utgiven som Tao te ching) i översättning av akademiledamoten Göran Malmqvist som också skrivit en utförlig inledning som förser en med allt man behöver för att kunna närma sig denna fascineran…
Svenska Akademiledamoten Göran Malmqvists efterlängtade översättning av den kinesiska visdomsboken Zhuang Zi. Redan 2008 - när Malmqvist hade översatt boken Dao De Jing åt Bakhåll talade han om att han även ville översätta Zhuang Zi. Tyvärr kom hela…
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Lao-Tzus klassiker Tao Te Ching översattes av den brittiske författaren, magikern och profeten Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) år 1918.Crowley hyste ett djupt och bestående intresse för Asiens visdomsläror och filosofi, och hans personliga erfarenheter…
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