MCC Lao Tzu Thoughts from The Tao Te Ching Paper
Description
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, 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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