Chuang Tzu [Paperback]

First published in 1889. This re-issues the second, revised edition of 1926.

Chuang Tzu was to Lao Tzu, the author of Tao T? Ching, as Hui-neng, the sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, was to Bodhidharma, and in some respects St.Paul to Jesus; he expanded the original teaching into a system and was thus the founder of Tao-ism. Whereas Lao Tzu was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C, Chuang Tzu lived over two hundred years later. He was one of the greatest minds produced by China; philosopher, metaphysician, moralist and poet. It is impossible to understand the spiritual depth of the Tao T? Ching without the aid of Chuang Tzu.Chuang Tzu was to Lao Tzu, the author of Tao T? Ching, as Hui-neng, the sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, was to Bodhidharma, and in some respects St.Paul to Jesus; he expanded the original teaching into a system and was thus the founder of Tao-ism.1: Transcendental Bliss; 2: The Identity Of Contraries; 3: Nourishment Of The Soul; 4: Man Among Men; 5: The Evidence Of Virtue Complete; 6: The Great Supreme; 7: How To Govern; 8: Joined Toes; 9: Horses' Hoofs; 10: Opening Trunks; 11: On Letting Alone; 12: The Universe; 13: The Tao Of God; 14: The Circling Sky; 15: Self-Conceit; 16: Exercise Of Faculties; 17: Autumn Floods; 18: Perfect Happiness; 19: The Secret Of Life; 20: Mountain Trees; 21: T'Ien Tz? Fang; 22: Knowledge Travels North; 23: K?Ng Sang Ch'U; 24: Hs? Wu Kuei; 25: Ts? Yang; 26: Contingencies; 27: Language; 28: On Declining Power; 29: Robber Che; 30: On Swords; 31: The Old Fisherman; 32: Lieh Tz?; 33: The EmpireUS? 1926 Herbert A Giles