Sourced from the Introduction (image provided with listing):

              The T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien is a work of Taoist piety and ethics. It is not so deep as Lao Tze's Tao-Teh-King, but its moral maxims which are noble and pure, are presented with more popular directness.

Condition note:

            This paperback has wear to the corners and edges and missing chips to the covering over the head and tail of the spine. The pages are toned due to the age of publication which is 1944 according to the title page. This copy has no marks or notes to the text. The binding is sound but since this is the perfect paperback format it is stiff and lacks easy flexibility.