![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The philosopher Chuang Tzu was part of the flourishing of intellectualism at the end of the classic period of Chinese philosophy from 550 to 250 B.C. These books, size and color aside, are freighted with philosophical insight, infused with humor, and adorned with parables that guide us through the modern-day world like a burning beacon of light. In every corner of my house, my dad has stockpiled copies of The Way of Chuang Tzu, translated by Thomas Merton - the flimsy white paperbacks, the hardcovers with ink paintings of two Chinese scholars, and the bright yellow pocket sized versions. Thomas Merton, an American monk and scholar of comparative religion, put together his personal favorites of Chuang Tzu’s sayings through five long years of reading, study, annotation, and meditation, in the book depicted above. ![]()
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