Chuang-tzu

A toilsome task to do into the Chuang-tzu text to steal,

Hung Lou Meng 2003

Buddhist thought fit in with an intellectual elite, accustomed to metaphysical talk based especially on Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu and unaccustomed to the loss of their homeland to nomadic barbarians.

Lives of the Nuns 1972

A toilsome task to do into the Chuang-tzu text to steal,

Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

In the Chuang-tzu it is said that "The duty of disciples is to shake [their master's] skirts and sweep his mat."

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1938

Passages and stories like these demonstrate Chuang-tzu's approach to the best and most peaceful way of living in the world: see the bigger picture, stay within your comfort zone and do fully what gives you the most pleasure, ignore the demands of society and outside values in favor of inner wholeness and deep-seated contentment.

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Over a total of 14 chapters, the book then unravels key issues in Chuang-tzu's thought, from visions of the universe through understanding of fate, self, death and dreams, to ways of personal transformation with the help of various forms of conscious reprogramming and meditative practice which then lead to the best possible way of living in the world, exemplified in several different kinds of people and social situations.

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There are many reasons to return to these ancient texts time and again, and especially to come back to the Chuang-tzu.

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But it takes work and a certain way of understanding self and reality combined with making clear and persistent efforts to actualize this understanding in body and life although, according to Chuang-tzu, these efforts are nowhere near as organized as later Taoists would propose.

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Hui-tzu asked Chuang-tzu: "Can a person really be without feelings?"

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The Chuang-tzu Zhuangzi is the second major text of the Taoist tradition.

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