The Secret of the Golden Flower

[Rara]

Hey. Does anybody know this book? If so, please can you let me know if this is a good translation:

 

https://thesecretofthegoldenflower.com/index.html

[silent thunder]

Haven't encountered that version yet.  I have two versions... Cleary and Wilhelm.

I prefer the Wilhelm but with translations it's always nice to have a variety of them and see what distills out.

 

[Rara]

14 hours ago, silent thunder said:

Haven't encountered that version yet.  I have two versions... Cleary and Wilhelm.

I prefer the Wilhelm but with translations it's always nice to have a variety of them and see what distills out.

 

 

Would you say that reading the above link is worth it, from what you can see?

[awayfarer]

I have read but not studied the link you provided in the past. I found it interesting, but more entertaining than informative. I will probably give it another read in the near future.

 

I have found Cleary's translation very helpful. https://www.amazon.com/Taoist-Classics-Collected-Translations-Thomas/dp/1570629072

[silent thunder]

8 hours ago, Rara said:

 

Would you say that reading the above link is worth it, from what you can see?

It's certainly intrigued me. 

I've bookmarked it for future reference.

[Nintendao]

On 4/21/2020 at 11:31 AM, Rara said:

Hey. Does anybody know this book? If so, please can you let me know if this is a good translation:

 

https://thesecretofthegoldenflower.com/index.html

 

Hey! I read through that whole site last year after I saw it linked somewhere by @Taoist Texts

What's great is there are a tons of extra notes going into details of history and context and translation, hyperlinked right into the main text. I also like having the Chinese version placed along side each verse. You can copy into Google Translate and get a feel for what each character represents, able to reflect more on what the English version is talking about.

 

[Rara]

On 21/04/2020 at 7:37 PM, silent thunder said:

Haven't encountered that version yet.  I have two versions... Cleary and Wilhelm.

I prefer the Wilhelm but with translations it's always nice to have a variety of them and see what distills out.

 

 

I now have Cleary's btw. My current reading