The Basic Writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years.
Central to these is the belief that only by.
Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth, in the book that bears his name, the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school.
Chuang Tzu (369?-286? B.
C.) was a leading philosopher representing the Taoist strain in Chinese thought.
And Burton Watson\'s lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers.
The Basic Writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years