A short, efficient, practical, and protecting-group-free diastereoselective total synthesis of (+/-)-6-epi-cleistenolide (1) has been achieved in five steps in 60% overall yield. The use of a chemoenzymatic approach also gave (-)-6-epi-cleistenolide (1) (>99.9% ee). The Achmatowicz reaction, chemoselective oxidation of a hemiacetal, diastereoselective 1,3-anti reduction of alpha-hydroxy ketone, and enzymatic resolution of a 1,3-diol are the key features of this linear total synthesis. The synthetic strategy demonstrated in this paper could be extended for an asymmetric total synthesis of (-)-cleistenolide (1) and related biologically active natural products.