Many people will take this for granted indeed, something about this observation seems to reflect an instinctual sort of awareness. But if you pile poles and yokes on them … they will learn to snap the crossbars, break the yoke, rip the carriage top, champ the bit, and chew the reins” “When horses live on the plain, they eat grass and drink from the streams…This is all horses know how to do. How Chuang Tzu writes, as much as what he writes, reflects something about the nameless harmony in Taoism: While much of the Tao Te Ching is written in short declarative sentences, Chuang Tzu strings together odd stories and parables, some funny, some interesting, and few that are inscrutable.
The Tao Te Ching is one of the foundational text for Taoist philosophy.
Though simply put, the statement’s irony inspires questions that do not have simple answers. _Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings_ includes the seven "inner chapters," which form the heart of the book, three of the "outer chapters," and one of the "miscellaneous chapters." Watson also provides an introduction, placing the philosopher in relation to Chinese history and thought.As one might expect, interpreting the text can be a puzzling process: Central to these is the belief that only by understanding Tao and dwelling in its unity can man achieve true happiness and freedom, in both life and death. Using parable and anecdote, allegory and paradox, he set forth, in the book that bears his name, the early ideas of what was to become the Taoist school. Chuang Tzu was a leading philosopher representing the Taoist strain in Chinese thought. And Burton Watson's lucid and beautiful translation has been loved by generations of readers. The basic writings of Chuang Tzu have been savored by Chinese readers for over two thousand years.
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