Zhuangzi Chapter 21 – 田子方 (Tian Zi-fang)
Zhuangzi Chapter 21 (Tian Zi-fang) portrays the sage who teaches without teaching — through the master whose Dao is visible at a glance, the draughtsman who strips off his robes,...
Zhuangzi Chapter 21 – 田子方 (Tian Zi-fang)
Zhuangzi Chapter 21 (Tian Zi-fang) portrays the sage who teaches without teaching — through the master whose Dao is visible at a glance, the draughtsman who strips off his robes,...
Zhuangzi Chapter 20 – 山木 (The Tree on the Mount...
Zhuangzi Chapter 20 (The Tree on the Mountain) explores the paradox of usefulness and uselessness through the tree that survives by being worthless, the goose killed for its silence, and...
Zhuangzi Chapter 20 – 山木 (The Tree on the Mount...
Zhuangzi Chapter 20 (The Tree on the Mountain) explores the paradox of usefulness and uselessness through the tree that survives by being worthless, the goose killed for its silence, and...
Zhuangzi Chapter 19 – 达生 (The Full Understandin...
Zhuangzi Chapter 19 (The Full Understanding of Life) teaches that true mastery comes from naturalness and forgetting the self — through the cicada catcher, the ferryman, the wooden fighting cock,...
Zhuangzi Chapter 19 – 达生 (The Full Understandin...
Zhuangzi Chapter 19 (The Full Understanding of Life) teaches that true mastery comes from naturalness and forgetting the self — through the cicada catcher, the ferryman, the wooden fighting cock,...
Zhuangzi Chapter 18 – 至乐 (Perfect Enjoyment)
Zhuangzi Chapter 18 (Perfect Enjoyment) questions what true happiness really is. Through the skull who prefers death, the singing at his wife's grave, and the sea bird that dies in...
Zhuangzi Chapter 18 – 至乐 (Perfect Enjoyment)
Zhuangzi Chapter 18 (Perfect Enjoyment) questions what true happiness really is. Through the skull who prefers death, the singing at his wife's grave, and the sea bird that dies in...
Zhuangzi Chapter 17 – 秋水 (The Floods of Autumn)
Zhuangzi Chapter 17 (The Floods of Autumn) opens with the river earl humbled by the ocean, then unfolds a series of dialogues on perspective, the Dao, and the limits of...
Zhuangzi Chapter 17 – 秋水 (The Floods of Autumn)
Zhuangzi Chapter 17 (The Floods of Autumn) opens with the river earl humbled by the ocean, then unfolds a series of dialogues on perspective, the Dao, and the limits of...
Zhuangzi Chapter 16 – 缮性 (Correcting the Nature)
Zhuangzi Chapter 16 (Correcting the Nature) argues that those who try to correct their nature through study only lose it further. True virtue lies in returning to primal simplicity —...
Zhuangzi Chapter 16 – 缮性 (Correcting the Nature)
Zhuangzi Chapter 16 (Correcting the Nature) argues that those who try to correct their nature through study only lose it further. True virtue lies in returning to primal simplicity —...
