Download or read book The Daode Jing Commentary of Cheng Xuanying written by Friederike Assandri and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents for the first time in English a complete translation of the Expository Commentary to the Daode jing written by the Daoist Cheng Xuanying in the 7th century CE. It includes a thorough introduction by the editor and translator that explores the origins of the commentary and its political and social context.