Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu

468 Pages·1994·17.294 MB·English

by  Chuang Tzu, (Trans. V. H. Mair)

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WANDERING
ON THE
WAY
EARLY TAOIST TALES AND PARABLES
OF CHUANG TZU
Translated with an Introduction
and Commentary by
Victor H. Mair
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WANDERING ON THE WAY
A Bantam Book / September 1994
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Copyright © 1994 by Victor Mair
Cover art copyright © 1994 by Daniel Heitkamp
Book design by Donna Sinisgalli
Map on page lv designed by Laura Hartman Maestro
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chuang-tzu.
[Nan-hua chen ching. English]
Wandering on the way : early Taoist tales and parables of Chuang
Tzu / translated with an introduction and commentary by
Victor H. Mair.
p: cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-553-37406-0
I. Mair, Victor H., 1943— Se lesluele:
PLI900.C46ES 1994
299’ .51482—dc20 93-46775
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Ka vatai dvgnmaibyasca yaogat asi
Who yoked the pairs of swift (steeds) to wind and welkin?
Zend-Avesta, Yasna 44.4
if artonte
eo Wie are ater tat ony beL ede
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