Grossmont College Lao Tzus Thoughts from The Tao Te Ching Essay
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FOR YOUR NEXT ESSAY YOU WILL REVIEW LAO-TZU’S THOUGHTS FROM THE TAO-TE CHING IN OUR TEXTBOOK, A WORLD OF IDEAS.
In your examination of Lao-Tzu’s text you will:
QUOTE ONE OF THE FULL PASSAGES OF THOUGHTS FROM THE TAO-TE CHING:
- Select one section from the text:
- Choose one of these sections: 3, 17, 19, 26, 29, 30, 31, 37, 38, 46, 53, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 75, 80
I. ANALYZE THE MEANING OF YOUR SECTION IN TWO CONTEXTS:
- How it relates to the rest of Lao-Tzu’s text
- How it relates to your life and experience
II. WRITE A MODERN TRANSLATION OF YOUR SECTION:
- Personalize the text using examples pulled from your modern life and experience
- Maintain similar formatting and structure
- Maintain similar meaning of the text
III. CONTRAST YOUR TRANSLATION WITH LAO-TZU’S ORIGINAL TEXT
- How has your modern translation updated the meaning of the original text from our book?
- Was anything lost in translation? Explain.
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