The Daodejing encapsulates the main tenets of Daoism, a philosophy and religion whose dominant image is the Way, a life-giving stream that enables individuals to achieve harmony and a more profound level of understanding. This new translation draws on the latest archaeological finds and brings out the word play and poetry of the original. - ;'Of ways you may speak,. but not the Perennial Way;. By names you may name,. but not the Perennial Name.'. The best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and Life-Force is a work tha