Summary
Chuang Tze: The Way
Edited by: Thomas Merton
Working from existing translations, Thomas Merton, the famous poet, writer and theologian, compiled a series of his versions of the classic sayings of Chuang Tzu and arranged them with perfect elegance and simplicity.... Chuang Tzu, the most spiritual Chinese philosopher, who wrote in the fourth and third centuries BC, is the main successor of Lao Tzu, the founder of Taoism (who appears as a legendary figure in many of Chuang Tzu's writings).
Of all the early Chinese philosophers, Chuang Tzu has long been the most beloved in the West for his wonderful humor, literary sophistication, and philosophical insight. In this booklet, the famous poet, writer and theologian Thomas Merton has collected his favorite passages from the prose and poetry of Chuang Tzu and arranged them with perfect elegance and simplicity so that they now form a collection of vivid, contemporary and sometimes very personal interpretations.
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