Translations by J.G. Weiss of the Tae-te Ching

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. misc. e. 116, German e. 6
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1923
  • Language of Material
    • English, and German.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Typescript translations into English and German by J.G. Weiss of the Tae-te Ching, with introduction and notes on the philosopher Lao-tzu.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Gustav Weiss (b 1857).

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The translations were given to the Library by J.G. Weiss in 1923.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45692-3.