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| Original Title: | 莊子 [Zhuāngzǐ] |
| ISBN: | 0140194886 (ISBN13: 9780140194883) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Mikael Agricola -palkinto (1992) |
Zhuangzi
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.37 | 1970 Users | 118 Reviews
Details Appertaining To Books The Book of Chuang Tzu
| Title | : | The Book of Chuang Tzu |
| Author | : | Zhuangzi |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1996 by Penguin Books (first published -350) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Classics. Religion. Taoism. Cultural. China. Nonfiction. Spirituality |
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A Chinese classic, the Chuang Tzu was written sometime in the 4th century BC, and consists of original teachings, stories, tales and jokes told by Master Chuang, as well as others which have coalesced round his name. It is considered second only to the Tao Te Ching, but the two books coundn't be more different. Where the Tao Te Ching is distant and proverbial in style, the Chuang Tze buzzes with life and with insights, often with considerable humour behind them.Rating Appertaining To Books The Book of Chuang Tzu
Ratings: 4.37 From 1970 Users | 118 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books The Book of Chuang Tzu
Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzu, dreamt that I was a butterfly, flitting around and enjoying myself. I had no idea I was Chuang Tzu. Then suddenly I woke up and was Chuang Tzu again. But I could not tell, had I been Chuang Tzu dreaming I was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming I was now Chuang Tzu ?Lovely poetic stories exemplifying key Daoist concepts. Whereas the Tao Te Ching is pure symbolism and poetry, this is a collection of parables. That means its a lot more "concrete." As a result, it gets even more explicitly anarchist than Laozi at times, but it also gets even more explicitly bizarre (condemning listening to complex music for example). This has the famous Butterfly Dream parable in it, as well as the Turtle of Ch'u parable, which were both excellent. This is a good way for
Oh, I read it again and again and see, that humankind did not learn essentially more within 2000 years
Zhuangzi is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism. It is unique in Chinese philosophy because instead of teaching life lessons and rules, it teaches to be a carefree wanderer. It was also very unlike other philosophies because it was extremely fun to readthough somewhat confusing as well. For example, chapter two On Equalizing Things is like reading a more intense version of Alice in Wonderland. It repeats words multiple times and uses the same word to explain the opposite. Almost the
Chuang Tzu was, with Lao Tzu, one of the main thinkers of Taoism. If Lao Tzu left us the Tao Te Ching, a poetical collection of verses, beautiful but, honestly, at time quite difficult to fully get, Chuang Tzu deepen his philosophy by taking a completely different approach: gathering stories and anecdotes portraying a whole set of historical or fictional characters, so as to shape a funny, original, and subversive anthology. The Butterfly Dream, the metaphor of the frog trapped in a well... They
Zhuangzi deliberately makes himself very hard to pin down, but here are some of the things that struck me.1. Zhuangzi is the Diogenes to Confucius' Aristotle, to use a slightly fatuous analogy. He disclaims ambition and self-aggrandizement, and systems in favour of proverbs, anecdotes and clever subversion.2. Zhuangzi delights in paradox. This one of the greatest pleasures in reading the book.3. Confucius and other 'sages' appear in stories at various points, filling the purpose of sympathetic
I had built up this book so much in my mind, perhaps it was inevitable that I would be disappointed in it. I really wanted to like it. I've felt for a long time that I had some affinity with Daoist ideas--mostly from reading Dao De Jing, Smullyan's "The Tao is Silent," and Le Guin's "The Lathe of Heaven." I'm drawn to the attitude, similar to Hellenistic Skepticism, of withholding judgment on things going on around you, and I like the gentle but pronounced disdain for those things often held in
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