An American man has adapted the Chinese Taoism classic¹ text "Tao Te Ching" into a song, after spending 10 years translating the ancient book of philosophy into English.

 

一位美国男子将中国道教经典文章《道德经》改编成一首歌，此前他曾花费10年时间将这本古代哲学书翻译成英文版。
 

 

The man, who calls himself Dai Ling in Chinese, had the first part of his eight-chapter song recorded on Monday.

 

Dai has been living in the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province for 15 years. He said he loves Chinese culture and hopes to promote it around the world.

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