If you've not heard of or read this book before, you're in for a real treat! The first time I read the Inner Chapters of the Chuang Tzu was like a revelation-the thoughts and ideas expressed in these passages still resonate today for their acuity, humor, satire, stabbing profundity, and life-changing potential. L RUG01 L RUG01 m BOOK x LW 1 LW55 2 L94 3 .The Chuang Tzu (rendered Zhuangzi in pinyin, which is becoming the standard transliteration these days) is second only to Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching in its popularity and veneration in the Taoist world. Witty and imaginative, enriched by brilliant imagery, making sportive use of both mythological and historical personages (including even Confucius), the book which bearss Chuang Tzu's name has for centuries been savored by Chinese readers. Central in these is the belief that only by understanding Tao (the Way of Nature) and dwelling in its unity can man achieve true happiness and be truly free, in both life and death. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. Chinese seriesĪ Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Ī Chuang Tzu was a leading thinker representing the Taoist strain in Chinese thought. 0 (viaf)100166339Ī Chuang tzu : b basic writings / c translated by Burton Watson.Ī New York : b Columbia University Press, c 1964.Ī Translations from the Oriental classicsĪ UNESCO collection of representative works. Witty and imaginative, enriched by brilliant imagery, making sportive use of both mythological and historical personages (including even Confucius), the book which bearss Chuang Tzu's name has for centuries been savored by Chinese readers.Ī Zhuangzi, d 365? B.C.-290? B.C. (viaf)100166339ĪU - Watson, Burton (role)trl (viaf)272548034ĪB - Chuang Tzu was a leading thinker representing the Taoist strain in Chinese thought.

PB - New York : Columbia University PressĪU - Zhuangzi, 365? B.C.-290? B.C.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1964. Chicago: Zhuangzi, Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings.

Chuang tzu watson