Well, I prefer poking my nose in an already existing thread instead of creating a new one : I studied taoism for about two years. I began to read liber CLVII, and it's difficult to define if this translation is a good one or not. A common objection to liber CLVII is To Mega Therion read an ancient chinese text with his own philosophy ; this does not seem relevant to me, but since I do not speak chinese (like, I suppose, a lot of persons there), I am wondering how to consider this book. As it was said above, there are many versions of the Tao Te King ; finding a good one using the same philosophy as Lao Tze (if this wise man existed) is for me an hard task.
I know that the particularity of Crowley's version is it has been written with qabbalistic systems... But with a spiritual and textual point of view, is this the best way to understand this great classic with its true meanings ?