Complex sentence: The book is intended as an introduction to the eastern belief system of Taoism for westerners, allegorically employing the fictional characters of A. A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" books to explain the basic principles of philosophical Taoism.
Split into simpler sentences: The book is intended as an introduction to the eastern belief system of Taoism for westerners. It allegorically employs the fictional characters of A. A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" stories to explain the basic principles of philosophical Taoism.