Zhuangzi

Martin Palmer

A masterpiece of ancient Chinese philosophy, second in influence only to the "Tao Te Ching" One of the founders of Taoism, Chuang Tzu was firmly opposed to Confucian values of order, control, and hierarchy, believing the perfect state to be one where primal, innate nature rules. Full of profundity as well as tricks, knaves, sages, jokers, unbelievably named people, and uptight Confucians, "The Book of Chuang Tzu" perceives the Taothe Way of Naturenot as a term to be explained but as a path to walk. Radical and subversive, employing wit, humor, and shock tactics, "The Book of Chuang Tzu" offers an intriguing look deep into Chinese culture.

The Book of Chuang Tzu

Brook Ziporyn

This volume is a translation of over two-thirds of the classic Daoist text Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), including the complete Inner Chapters and extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, plus judicious selections from 2000 years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. Brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index are also included.

Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries

The Complete works of Zhuangzi

A delightfully illustrated selection of the great Daoist writings of Zhuangzi by bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. This volume presents Tsai’s delightful graphic adaptation of the profound and humorous Daoist writings of Zhuangzi, some of the most popular and influential in the history of Asian philosophy and culture. The Way of Nature brings together all of Tsai’s beguiling cartoon illustrations of the Zhuangzi, which takes its name from its author. The result is a uniquely accessible and entertaining adaptation of a pillar of classical Daoism, which has deeply influenced Chinese poetry, landscape painting, martial arts, and Chan (Zen) Buddhism. Irreverent and inspiring, The Way of Nature presents the memorable characters, fables, and thought experiments of Zhuangzi like no other edition, challenging readers to dig beneath conventional assumptions about self, society, and nature, and pointing to a more natural way of life. Through practical insights and far-reaching arguments, Zhuangzi shows why returning to the spontaneity of nature is the only sane response to a world of conflict. A marvelous introduction to a timeless classic, this book also features an illuminating foreword by Edward Slingerland. In addition, Zhuangzi’s original Chinese text is artfully presented in narrow sidebars on each page, enriching the book for readers and students of Chinese without distracting from the self-contained English-language cartoons. The text is skillfully translated by Brian Bruya, who also provides an introduction.

The Way of Nature

Chuang Tzu

One of the great founders of Taoism, Chaung Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and intriguing personalities in the whole of Chinese philosophy. This work draws together the stories, tales, jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu.

Das Buch "Zhuangzi", auch bekannt unter dem Ehrentitel "Das wahre Buch vom südlichen Blütenland", ist zusammen mit Laozi (Laotse) der wichtigste Text des chinesischen Daoismus. Zhuangzi (Dschuang Dsi) soll im 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. gelebt, sich allen Ämtern verweigert und als Gärtner gearbeitet haben. Ihm geht es darum, zurückzulenken auf das Eigentliche, das Einfache: die Freiheit, nichts Besonderes zu tun, die Freiheit, sich selbst zu folgen, die Freiheit, mit der Natur zu leben. Zhuangzi ist der wilde Denker, der, der keine vorgegebene Ordnung akzeptiert und alles in Frage stellt. Sein Buch besteht aus 300 kurzen Texten: Anekdoten, Gleichnissen, Gedanken, Dialogen, die in 33 Kapitel geordnet sind. Hermann Hesse hielt Zhuangzi für den originellsten und zugleich anschaulichsten Denker Chinas: "Dschuang Dsi ist der größte und glänzendste Poet unter den chinesischen Denkern, soweit wir sie kennen, zugleich der kühnste und witzigste Angreifer des Konfuzianismus ... Von allen Büchern chinesischer Denker, die ich kenne, hat dieses am meisten Reiz und Klang."Für Stephan Schuhmacher, einen anderen Zhuangzi-Übersetzer, steht das Buch im Rang der Bibel: "Es ist ein Buch, das dich wie ein treuer Freund und weiser Ratgeber durch ein ganzes Leben begleiten kann; ein Buch, das sich in verschiedenen Lebensphasen und den unterschiedlichen Situationen als nie versiegende Quelle des Zuspruchs und der Inspiration erweist; ein Buch, das, wann immer man es aufschlägt, immer wieder neu und überraschend ist, weil es wie ein Diamant mit unzähligen Facetten das Licht unseres eigenen Bewusstseins je nach dessen Standpunkt und Befindlichkeit in immer neuen Farbkombinationen glitzernd und funkelnd reflektiert." Viktor Kalinke hat 2017 die erste ernstzunehmende und vollständige Übersetzung des Zhuangzi aus dem Chinesischen ins Deutsche vorgelegt.

Zhuangzi. Das Buch der daoistischen Weisheit. Gesamttext

Brook Ziporyn's carefully crafted, richly annotated translation of the complete writings of Zhuangzi--including a lucid Introduction, a Glossary of Essential Terms, and a Bibliography--provides readers with an engaging and provocative deep dive into this magical work.

Zhuangzi: The Complete Writings

"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."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

The Inner Chapters

David Hinton's compelling new translation of Chuang Tzu's Inner Chapters makes these ancient texts from the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy accessible to contemporary readers. Standing alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding text in the Taoist tradition, Chuang Tzu is highly readable--with a wild menagerie of characters and passages full of witty and engaging anecdotes.

The ancient Chinese text known as CHUANG TZU has been translated into English many times, but never with the freshness, accessibility, and accuracy of this remarkable rendering--the result of a unique collaboration between one of America's premier poet-translators and a leading Chinese scholar. At turns playful and acerbic, the book presents a philosophy of life that is politically radical and deeply spiritual.

The Essential Chuang Tzu

Chuang-tzu

Zhou Zhuang

Thomas Merton

Free renderings of selections from the works of Chuang-tzŭ, taken from various translations.

The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ

Auswahl

Das Buch der daoistischen Weisheit

Being the Works of Chuang Tsze, Taoist Philosopher. With an Excursus, and Copious Annotations in English and Chinese

The Divine Classic of Nan-hua

Zhizhong Cai

Offers selections from the Taoist writer Zhuangzi, portrayed and explained in cartoon format

The Harmony of Nature

The Dao of Zhuangzi

The Zhuangzi (Mandarin historically romanized Chuang Tzŭ) is an ancient Chinese text from the late Warring States period (476-221 BC) which contains stories and anecdotes that exemplify the carefree nature of the ideal Taoist sage. Named for its traditional author, "Master Zhuang" (Zhuangzi), the Zhuangzi is one of the two foundational texts of Taoism, along with the Tao Te Ching. The Zhuangzi consists of a large collection of anecdotes, allegories, parables, and fables, which are often humorous or irreverent. Its main themes are of spontaneity in action and of freedom from the human world and its conventions. The fables and anecdotes in the text attempt to illustrate the falseness of human distinctions between good and bad, large and small, life and death, and human and nature. While other ancient Chinese philosophers focused on moral and personal duty, Zhuangzi promoted carefree wandering and becoming one with "the Way" (Dào 道) by following nature.

The Complete Works of Zhuangzi

Youlan Feng

A New Selected Translation with an Exposition of the Philosophy of Kuo Hsiang

Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzũ

Musings of a Chinese Mystic

Herbert Allen Giles

Generally regarded as one of the foremost works of philosophy in any language, this important book by a brilliant Chinese philosopher and one of Taoism's founding fathers has exerted a profound influence on Chinese thought and led to the development of Zen Buddhism. This new edition contains a number of the most relevant and accessible selections from that great classic.

Teachings and Sayings of Chuang Tzu

"The Book of Chuang Tzu" is an ancient and important Chinese spiritual text dating from the 4th century BC. Together with the "Tao Te Ching", "The Book of Chuang Tzu" is a an important foundational text for the Taoist philosophy. Notable for its stark difference with the Chinese philosophy of Confucius, Taoism does not encourage one to live a strict life according to a rigid set of principles, but rather values following a more flexible path that can adapt to the irregular rhythms of life, or the "way". Scholars believe that some of "The Book of Chuang Tzu" was written by Chuang Tzu himself, a minor official during the Warring States period of Chinese history who attracted national attention with his brilliant prose and poetry. Chuang Tzu's work has withstood the test of time with its humorous and clever anecdotes, its lyrical and poetic observations of the natural world, and its startlingly wise insight into human nature. With an emphasis on living a less human-focused life that is more in tune with nature, "The Book of Chuang Tzu" had a profound influence on the development of Zen Buddhism and continues to be a source of guidance and wisdom to countless readers the world over. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translation of Herbert A. Giles.

The timeless wisdom of this classic Taoist text can become a companion on your own spiritual journey. The Chuang-tzu is the second major text of the Taoist tradition. It was compiled in the third century BCE and follows the lead of the best-known and oldest of all Taoist texts, the Tao-te-ching (Book of the Tao and Its Potency). Representing the philosophy of its main author, Chuang Chou, along with several other early Taoist strands, the text has inspired spiritual seekers for over two thousand years. Using parable, anecdote, allegory and paradox, the Chuang-tzu presents the central message of what was to become the Taoist school: a reverence for the Tao the "Way" of the natural world and the belief that you are not truly virtuous until you are free from the burden of circumstance, personal attachments, tradition and the desire to reform the world. In this special SkyLight Illuminations edition, leading Taoist scholar Livia Kohn, PhD, provides a fresh, modern translation of key selections from this timeless text to open up classic Taoist beliefs and practices. She provides insightful, accessible commentary that highlights the Chuang-tzu's call to reject artificially imposed boundaries and distinctions, and illustrates how you can live a more balanced, authentic and joyful life at ease in perfect happiness by following Taoist principles."

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