Tao-de Jing. Canon of the path and his good power

“Tao de Jing”, or “Canon of the Way and its good strength”-the fundamental text of Taoism, a monument to the Chinese literary tradition, which had a huge impact on the culture of China and the whole world. The authorship of this treatise is attributed to the legendary Lao Tzu (VI-V centuries BC), which, according to Shi Ji (“Historical Notes”) Sima Qian, wrote it, “moving away from the world and moving in an unknown direction”. Comprehensively revealing the doctrine of Tao, the “canon...” discovers the inexhaustible multi -layer of meanings, allowing it today, after more than two thousand years, to remain a source of reflection on being, moral law and justice. , specialist in Buddhism of Professor E. A. Torchinov.