Zhuangzi

"One of the great founders of Taoism, Chuang Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and intriguing personalities in the whole of Chinese philosophy. Like the Lieh Tzu and the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang Tzu perceives the Tao - the Way of Nature - not as a term to be explained but as a path to walk. 'The Tao that is clear is not the Tao'; experience is all." "The Book of Chuang Tzu enters into debate with logic and dances around...

"This is one of the most justly celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition - impressive for both its bold philosophical imagination and its striking literary style. Accepting the challenge of translating this captivating classic in its entirety, Burton Watson has expertly rendered into English both the profound thought and the literary brilliance of the text."-- "Prepared for the Columbia College program of translations from the Oriental classics."...

Mitchell has composed this innovative work drawn from the work of Lao-tzu's disciple, Chuang-tzu and Confucius's grandson, Tzu-ssu to offer Western readers a path into realityby providing commentary that shows what it means to be in harmony with the way things are. Its wisdom provides a psychological and moral acuity as deep as the Tao Te Ching itself.

A new translation of four classic Chinese works includes the spiritual text that became the basis for Taoist movement and the philosophy of Confucius that has grown into the accepted social wisdom of modern China.