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Memorials of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Done in the Time of Pontius Pilate. Prologue.- I Ananias, of the propraetor's body-guard, being learned in the law, knowing our Lord Jesus Christ from the Holy Scriptures, coming to Him by faith, and counted worthy of the holy baptism, searching also the memorials written at that time of what was done in the case of our Lord Jesus Christ, which the Jews had. The biblical apocrypha denotes the collection of apocryphal ancient books thought to have been written some time between 200 BC and 400 AD. Some Christian churches include some or all of the same texts within the body of their version of the Old Testament. Although the term apocryphal had been in use since the 5th century, it was in Luther's Bible of 1534 that the Apocrypha was first published as a separate intertestamental section. To this date, the Apocrypha.

Taoism
These are principal texts of Taoism. Taoism, along with Confucianismand Buddhism was one of the principal religions of feudal China.Medieval

Tao-te Ching
translated by James Legge [1891]66,099 bytes
The Tao te Ching is one of the most widely read sacred texts, due to its simplicity and depth.It appeal is universal, and has been found relevant byChristians, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and even Quantum Physicists.Attributed to Lao-tzu, (580-500 B.C.), it may predate him by severalcenturies. The earliest known manuscripts of the Tao te Chingdate to the third century B.C.

This translation is excerpted from Volume 39 of the Sacred Books ofthe East.

Taoist Texts, Part I (SBE 39)
Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, tr. by Jame Legge [1891]

Taoist Texts, Part II (SBE40)
Chuang Tzu, tr. by Jame Legge [1891]
The Sacred Texts of the Taoists.A detailed etext of volume one and two of the Sacred Booksof the East Taoist translations by James Legge.Both of these volumes were published in 1891.The first volume contains Lao-tzu's Tao te Ching and the first halfof the Writings of Chuang-tzu, including the notes and introductory material.The second volume completes the Writings of Chuang-tzu, and includesseveral other Taoist texts, including the Tai Shang Tractate.Volume two also includes a detailed index for both volumes.

The Tao Teh King: A Short Study in Comparative Religion
Translated with commentary by C. Spurgeon Medhurst [1905]
Echoes of mystical Christianity in the Tao te Ching.

The Canon of Reason and Virtue
(Lao-tze's Tao Teh King) Chinese and English;Translated by D.T. Suzuki and Paul Carus[1913]
A translation of Tao te Ching by two prominent 20th century Buddhists.Includes the complete Chinese text of the Tao te Ching as embedded graphics.

Taoist Teachings Translated from the Book of Lieh-Tzü
by Lionel Giles [1912].

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Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure
translated by Anton Forke [1912]

T'ai Shang Kan-Ying P'ien
by Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus [1906]

Yin Chih Wen, The Tract of the Quiet Way
by Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus. [1906].

Taoist Texts
by Frederic Henry Balfour [1884].
Rare ancient Taoist texts.

Tao, The Great Luminant
Essays from the Huai Nan Tzu, by Evan S. Morgan [1933]

Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei
By Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel [1919]
Another, very lucid translation of the Tao te Ching bythe author of A Buddhist Bible.

Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei (2nd ed.)
By Dwight Goddard and Henri Borel [1939]
The second edition of Goddard and Borel's work, with a very differenttranslation of the text and some additional material.

The Sayings of Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu, tr. by Lionel Giles [1905]
A clear English rendering of the Tao te Ching by one of the best Chinese translators.

Very Rare Medieval Apocrypha Ivrejected Scriptures

The Art of War
Sun Tzu, tr. by Lionel Giles [1910]
The Chinese classic of military strategy infused with Taoism.

The Art of War
Sun Tzu, tr. by Lionel Giles [1910]
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Musings of a Chinese Mystic
Chuang Tzu, tr. by Lionel Giles [1909]
A short collection of texts featuring the Taoist sage Chuang Tzu.

Kung-Fu, or Tauist Medical Gymnastics
by John Dudgeon [1895]
A very rare treatise on traditional Chinese esoteric medical practices.

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Sacred Places in China
by Carl F. Kupfer [1911]
A tour of Chinese sacred locations, including a visit with the Taoist Pope.