The book: "Tao-Teh-King" or The Way of the Tao, as it is called here, is a small book in 81 short chapters by Lao-Tzu (571 B.C.) comprising the cream of the sage's experience. "It is true that what Lao-Tzu has said is 2,500 years old; but, in a certain sense, it is as new as the morning dew". (...) This book consists of 22 lectures on the first 8 chapters of the book.