Contributions

  • Wang, Rongpei. - Contributor
  • Qin, Xuqing, 1930- - Contributor
  • Ren, Xiuhua. - Contributor
  • Sun, Yongchang. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Hunan ren min chu ban she, Changsha Shi, China

Language

Chinese

Word Count

185,500 words, Guess

Page Count

742 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-107543815699
  • ISBN-139787543815698
  • Open LibraryOL20409949M

Classifications

  • LCCBL1900.C576 C5745 1997

Alternate Titles

  • Zhuang zi
  • Han Ying dui zhao Zhuangzi

Description

Revered for millennia in the Chinese spiritual tradition, Chuang Tze stands alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding classic of Taoism. The Inner Chapters are the only sustained section of this text widely believed to be the work of Chuang Tzu himself, dating to the fourth century B.C.E. But this is an ancient text that yields a surprisingly modern effect. In bold and startling prose, David Hinton's translation captures the "zany texture and philosophical abandon" of the original. The Inner Chapters fantastical passages - in which even birds and trees teach us what they know - offer up a wild menagerie of characters, freewheeling play with language, and surreal humor. And interwoven with Chuang Tzu's sharp instruction on the Tao are short-short stories that are often rough and ribald, rich with satire and paradox. On their deepest level, the Inner Chapters are a meditation on the mysteries of knowledge itself.

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