1. Introduction 2. Free and Easy Wandering 3. Discussion on Making All Things Equal 4. The Secret of Caring for Life 5. In the World of Men 6. The Sign of Virtue Complete 7. The Great and Venerable Teacher 8. Fit for Emperors and Kings 9. Autumn Floods 10. Supreme Happiness 11. Mastering Life 12. External Things
Chuang Tzu (369?-286? BC) was a leading Taoist philosopher. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth in this book the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. This collection includes the seven "inner chapters," three of the "outer chapters," and one of the "miscellaneous chapters."
Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.
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