Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching): Chinese text with Toki Pona in sitelen pona (Chinese Wisdom in toki pona)

Dao De Jing (Tao Te Ching): Chinese text with Toki Pona in sitelen ponaThis edition of the Dao De Jing brings together three things:the classical Chinese text, the minimalist language Toki Pona,and the constructed script sitelen pona.The first part of the book is an English foreword and a compactchapter-by-chapter guide. It explains how key ideas of Dao and Deare mapped into Toki Pona, why certain words and images were chosen,and how to read the pairing of Chinese and sitelen pona on thefollowing pages.The main body of the book is an art-like sequence of plates.Each chapter appears on a two-page spread: the original Chinesetext on the left, and a Toki Pona translation intended to be readvisually in sitelen pona on the right. There is no commentary orpinyin here – only the shapes of two writing systems in quietdialogue.This edition may be especially interesting for readers who:– know the Dao De Jing and want to see it through a very small anddeliberately limited language;– study Toki Pona and are curious how it can carry classicalphilosophical material;– appreciate calligraphy, scripts, and experimental book design. Read more