num_pages: 336
description: First published in 1889. This re-issues the second, revised edition of 1926.Chuang Tzu was to Lao Tzu, the author of Tao Tê Ching, as Hui-neng, the sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, was to Bodhidharma, and in some respects St.Paul to Jesus; he expanded the original teaching into a system and was thus the founder of Tao-ism. Whereas Lao Tzu was a contemporary of Confucius in the sixth century B.C, Chuang Tzu lived over two hundred years later. He was one of the greatest minds produced by China; philosopher, metaphysician, moralist and poet. It is impossible to understand the spiritual depth of the Tao Tê Ching without the aid of Chuang Tzu.
language: English
title: Chuang Tzu
titlecomplete: Chuang Tzu
genres: Religion, Asia, Philosophy, Spirituality, Eastern Philosophy, Nonfiction, China, Taoism, Classics, Chinese Literature
ratings_count: 2749
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto
publisher: Routledge