![Dai Ling records his musical adaptation of the Chinese classic text "Tao Te Ching" with his friend at a studio on Monday, December 24, 2018. [File Photo: VCG]](http://img0.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20181226/8529359b-b228-4218-b6fa-18ea7be04ffe.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
An American man has adapted the Chinese Taoism classic text “Tao Te Ching” into a song, after spending 10 years translating the ancient book of philosophy into English.
The man, who calls himself Dai Ling in Chinese, had the first part of his eight-chapter song recorded on Monday.
![Dai Ling records his musical adaptation of the Chinese classic text "Tao Te Ching" on December 24, 2018. [File Photo: VCG]](http://img3.zhytuku.meldingcloud.com/images/zhycms_chinaplus/20181226/6e536169-713a-414b-b67f-7ef86682a4e5.jpg?x-oss-process=image/resize,w_650)
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.
