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The whole Tao Te Ching, in Chinese and in Legge's English

All 81 chapters in one continuous page: the Chinese text beside James Legge's 1891 translation, chapter jump, and a print layout that saves cleanly to PDF. The two free demo chapters on the site use exactly this reader.

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What is included

81 chapters, Chinese text and Legge's English side by side
Chapter jump list and continuous scroll
Print / save-as-PDF layout without the site chrome
Same reader as the free demo, with nothing held back

What stays free

The translation comparison and choosing guide
The Taoism beliefs guide
Chapters 1 and 11 as a side-by-side demo
The I Ching coin-toss generator

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