Wandering at ease in the Zhuangzi
By: edited by Roger T. Ames.
Contributors: Ames, Roger T., 1947-
Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Zhuangzi.
Description: Chinese philosophy specialists examine the Zhuangzi, a third century B.C.E. Daoist classic, in this collection of interpretive essays. The Zhuangzi is a celebration of human creativity - its language is lucid and opaque; its images are darkly brilliant; its ideas are seriously playful. Without question, it is one of the most challenging achievements of human literary culture.

Thematically, the Zhuangzi offers diverse insights into how to develop an appropriate and productive attitude to one's life in this world. Resourced over the centuries by Chinese artists and intellectuals alike, this text has provoked a commentarial tradition that rivals any masterpiece of world literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.