Overview

Thorough, serious, yet fun to read, this is a translation of the text and an exposition of the philosophy of Chuang Tzu the Taoist of ancient China.

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Author:   Kuang-ming Wu
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780887066863

ISBN 10:   0887066860
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   22 February 1990
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgements Foreword by Robert Cummings Neville Preface Prologue Companion to the Butterfly Preliminary Meditations A. Invitation by a Butterfly B. Why Companion, Not Commentary C. Conversation with a Roadside Skull D. The Poetic Chuang Tzu Chapter One Hsiao Yao Yu Soaring--And Roaming The Kuo Hsiang Text Translation with Glosses Meditations--Three Readings A. The Stories B. Roaming, Laughing C. A Close Look Chapter Two Ch'i Wu Lun Things, Theories--Sorting Themselves Out The Kuo Hsiang Text Translation with Glosses Meditations--Four Readings A. Survey B. A Detailed Look C. What All This Means D. Philosophy and ""Things Even-ing ThemselvesOut"" Chapter Three Yang Sheng Chu Nourishing Life--Its Inner Principle The Kuo Hsiang Text Translation with Glosses Meditations--Three Readings A. Coherence and Interrelations B. Segments and Words C. Our Understanding of the Message Epilogue The Butterfly as Companion Inconclusive Meditations A. Meaning B. Irony C. Play D. ""Companion"" Notes References Indexes Conversion Table: Wade-Giles to Pinyin"

Reviews

The aim of the meditation is to bring the reader to understand Chuang-Tzu as a contemporary philosopher as well as an ancient Chinese thinker, yet never is there a blurring of historical distance and context. Wu moves back and forth between China and the Western traditions as if that were easy, like the butterfly's fluttering with which his book begins. The breadth of Wu's scholarship and his calm possession of it are breathtaking. -Robert Cummings Neville

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Kuang-ming Wu is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

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