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The book of the Way · 81 chapters
Attributed to Lao Tzu, the Tao Te Ching is the foundational text of Taoism — 81 short chapters on the Way (Tao), effortless action, humility and the strength of yielding. Read it here in full. Begin anywhere.
Translated by James Legge (1891), The Sacred Books of the East vol. 39 — public domain.