What rhymes with nothing?
June 7, 2009 1:46 PM Subscribe
Tao Te Ching in rhyming meter?
Years ago at Berkeley, I landed upon a copy of Tao Te Ching written in rhyming meter (!). But I have lost the book, and have no idea as to its author.
Oh Great and Far-reaching Hive Mind, any clues?
[Note: I seem to recall it being in English translated from... German?]
Years ago at Berkeley, I landed upon a copy of Tao Te Ching written in rhyming meter (!). But I have lost the book, and have no idea as to its author.
Oh Great and Far-reaching Hive Mind, any clues?
[Note: I seem to recall it being in English translated from... German?]
Found this:
"egge’s is the only version that does contain rhymes, crude though they
may be. For instance, in verse 3 of Chapter 1, we have
3. Always without desire we must be found,
If its deep mystery we would sound;"
“Whoever finds it relevant” - translating and retranslating Tao Te Ching in a relevance-theoretic perspective see page 7 of the pdf (239)
Although my memory must be scewed, I don't actually recall that translation rhyming either.
posted by fightoplankton at 6:26 PM on June 7, 2009
"egge’s is the only version that does contain rhymes, crude though they
may be. For instance, in verse 3 of Chapter 1, we have
3. Always without desire we must be found,
If its deep mystery we would sound;"
“Whoever finds it relevant” - translating and retranslating Tao Te Ching in a relevance-theoretic perspective see page 7 of the pdf (239)
Although my memory must be scewed, I don't actually recall that translation rhyming either.
posted by fightoplankton at 6:26 PM on June 7, 2009
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