Free renderings of selections from the works of Chuang-tzŭ, taken from various translations.
The result is this collection of poetic renderings of the great sage's work that conveys its spirit in a way no other translation has and that was Merton's personal favorite among his more than fifty books.
The Chinese sage abounds in wit and paradox and shattering insights into the true ground of being. Thomas Merton, no stranger to Asian thought, brings a vivid, modern idiom to the timeless wisdom of Tao.
As free, interpretive readings, this book is very much Thomas Merton's own, the result of five years of reading, study and meditation.
In this vivid, contemporary translation, Victor Mair captures the quintessential life and spirit of Chuang Tzu while remaining faithful to the original text.
The Tao of Perfect Happiness : Selections Annotated & Explained Zhuangzi ... Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism: The Theme of Chaos (Hundun). 1983. ... Linguistic Strategies in Daoist Zhuangzi and Chan Buddhism: The Other Way of Speaking.
A poetic rendering of the Taoist classic Tao Teh Ching by Lao Tzu, aimed at recapturing the tone and substance of the original. It is also the only work that...
The Book of Chuang Tzu enters into debate with logic and dances around philosophy, making Confucian earnestness - along with the pretensions of emperors, bureaucrats and sages - the frequent butt of its jokes.
"The Book of Chuang Tzu" is an ancient and important Chinese spiritual text dating from the 4th century BC. Together with the "Tao Te Ching", "The Book of Chuang Tzu" is a an important foundational text for the Taoist philosophy.
Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu
This is Daoist philosophy’s central tenet, espoused by the person—or group of people—known as Zhuangzi (369?-286? B.C.E.) in a text by the same name.