- Minimal interface
- Bookmark your favorite passages
- Set daily notification reminders
- Night mode
The Tao Te Ching, Daodejing, or Dao De Jing, also simply referred to as the Laozi is a Chinese classic text. According to tradition, it was written around 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, literally meaning "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China. The text's true authorship and date of composition or compilation are still debated, although the oldest excavated text dates back to the late 4th century BC.
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Eliminating the Translations Was A Bad Idea
I’ve downgraded my rating from a five to a two because the latest app update eliminated the various translations. In previous app versions, tapping the book icon enabled you to choose from several different translations. You could read the entire book in a particular translation. Or you could a chapter over again from several different translations and receive deeper insights. The one translation that remains is generic. The app no longer has value, so I am deleting it. The app had a good run and this is a reminder that change is inevitable and all things come to an end.
Recently downgraded significantly, but still a good app
App works great, nothing excessive, very clean, very easy to navigate. The app used to have four separate translations of the Tao Te Ching, and the developer has replaced them with one version now, probably because of copyright issues, which is disappointing. I really appreciated having multiple interpretations to switch through, to understand and experience the text in different ways. Anyway, the app is still solid, and the current translation seems good to me. I would still recommend the app to those looking for a very lightweight, simple way to read the Tao Te Ching on mobile.
Ancient wisdom
Always a grounding read
What happened to the translations?
It was better when you could toggle through a variety of translations. Why did they go away?
bring back the copyrighted versions
love this app and its still great! was confused today when reading it, always loved the Mitchell translation
why are the different translations gone
the app was perfect and now there is no translation change, it really diminishes the quality of this app :(
Update ruined this..
Looking for a new app now because this new translation, as mentioned by another, isn't as good
Updated Review: Change in translations
Original Review This has been a five star app until the update. Now I can’t read from the translation that made the most sense; i think it was called the “Gia-Feng”. This new solo translation isn’t as profound. Quite watered down in my opinion. Bring back the option to change translations!!! Updated Review 4/22/24 I am striking back some of these words for understanding why the update had to get rid of multiple translations for copyright reasons and the fact that the developer provided my favorite translation as the default. I do appreciate this, however, I was wrong about that other translation originally inputted as the default. I ended up enjoying its uniqueness after wrongfully criticizing it too soon. Please, at least, bring back the original default translation you had before changing it to what it is now (Gia-Fiu Feng). I believe its best to have both readily interchangeable and forgetting the rest. Thank you for providing such an app and adhering to this review 🙏🏾
You destroyed everything beautiful about this app
What a complete waste of everything. The only use for this app was it sending you a reminder in the morning and having FOUR TRANSLATIONS. I specifically downloaded this app for those translations and you just destroyed everything good about it. I’ll never download anything from y’all again
Errors abound.
Misspelled and nonsensical words interspersed with the text. I'm deleting it.
Releasing beta products w/o telling the public AND not refunding the 4.99 is NOT respectful of the spirit of Lao Tse nor of daoism in general.
