Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings

Translated by Burton Watson

June, 1996
Paper, 160 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-10595-8
$24.50 / £14.50

1. Introduction

2. Free and Easy Wandering

3. Discussion on Making All Things Equal

4. The Secret of Caring for Life

5. In the World of Men

6. The Sign of Virtue Complete

7. The Great and Venerable Teacher

8. Fit for Emperors and Kings

9. Autumn Floods

10. Supreme Happiness

11. Mastering Life

12. External Things

Related Subjects

• Asian/Islamic Philosophy

Series

• Translations from the Asian Classics

About the Author

Burton Watson is one of the world’s best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.

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