The treatise "Tao Te Ching" is a unique monument of human thought, which laid the foundation of Taoism. Created over two thousand years ago, the book is still an inexhaustible source of wisdom and reflection on being, justice, the nature of good and evil.The translation presented in this edition is by Daniel Konishi (Konishi Masutaro) - Japanese Russianist, a graduate of the seminary at the Russian Theological Academy in Tokyo.The collection also includes articles by Konishi, which will help the reader to reveal the essence of the teachings of Lao Tzu, and aphorisms of the ancient Chinese thinker, translated by Leo Tolstoy.< p>Publisher layout saved in a4.pdf format.