Chuang-Tzu for Spiritual Transformation
Chuang-Tzu for Spiritual Transformation

Author: Robert Elliott Allinson

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780887069673

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This book offers a fundamentally new interpretation of the philosophy of the Chuang-Tzu. It is the first full-length work of its kind which argues that a deep level cognitive structure exists beneath an otherwise random collection of literary anecdotes, cryptic sayings, and dark allusions. The author carefully analyzes myths, legends, monstrous characters, paradoxes, parables and linguistic puzzles as strategically placed techniques for systematically tapping and channeling the spiritual dimensions of the mind. Allinson takes issue with commentators who have treated the Chuang-Tzu as a minor foray into relativism. Chapter titles are re-translated, textual fragments are relocated, and inauthentic, outer miscellaneous chapters are carefully separated from the transformatory message of the authentic, inner chapters. Each of the inner chapters is shown to be a building block to the next so that they can only be understood as forming a developmental sequence. In the end, the reader is presented with a clear, consistent and coherent view of the Chuang-Tzu that is more in accord with its stature as a major philosophical work.

Liberation as Affirmation
Liberation as Affirmation

Author: Ge Ling Shang

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2012-02-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0791482243

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In this book, author Ge Ling Shang provides a systematic comparison of original texts by Zhuangzi (fourth century BCE) and Nietzsche (1846–1900), under the rubric of religiosity, to challenge those who have customarily relegated both thinkers to relativism, nihilism, escapism, pessimism, or anti-religion. Shang closely examines Zhuangzi's and Nietzsche's respective critiques of metaphysics, morals, language, knowledge, and humanity in general and proposes a conception of the philosophical outlooks of Zhuangzi and Nietzsche as complementary. In the creative and vital spirit of Nietzsche, as in the tranquil and inward spirit of Zhuangzi, Shang argues that a surprisingly similar vision and aspiration toward human liberation and freedom exists—one in which spiritual transformation is possible by religiously affirming life in this world as sacred and divine.

The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ
The Way of Chuang-Tzŭ

Author: Zhuangzi

Publisher: New Directions Publishing

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780811201032

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Free renderings of selections from the works of Chuang-tzŭ, taken from various translations.

The Butterfly as Companion
The Butterfly as Companion

Author: Kuang-ming Wu

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780887066856

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Thorough, serious, yet fun to read, this is a translation of the text and an exposition of the philosophy of Chuang Tzu the Taoist of ancient China.

Chuang-tzu
Chuang-tzu

Author: Zhuangzi

Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1594732965

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The timeless wisdom of this classic Taoist text can become a companion on your own spiritual journey. The Chuang-tzu is the second major text of the Taoist tradition. It was compiled in the third century BCE and follows the lead of the best-known and oldest of all Taoist texts, the Tao-te-ching (Book of the Tao and Its Potency). Representing the philosophy of its main author, Chuang Chou, along with several other early Taoist strands, the text has inspired spiritual seekers for over two thousand years. Using parable, anecdote, allegory and paradox, the Chuang-tzu presents the central message of what was to become the Taoist school: a reverence for the Tao the "Way" of the natural world and the belief that you are not truly virtuous until you are free from the burden of circumstance, personal attachments, tradition and the desire to reform the world. In this special SkyLight Illuminations edition, leading Taoist scholar Livia Kohn, PhD, provides a fresh, modern translation of key selections from this timeless text to open up classic Taoist beliefs and practices. She provides insightful, accessible commentary that highlights the Chuang-tzu's call to reject artificially imposed boundaries and distinctions, and illustrates how you can live a more balanced, authentic and joyful life at ease in perfect happiness by following Taoist principles."

Daoism Handbook
Daoism Handbook

Author: Livia Kohn

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-12-24

Total Pages: 955

ISBN-13: 9004391843

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Thirty major scholars in the field wrote this new, authoritative guide to the main features and development of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism, Daoism in Korea and Daoist Ritual Music. Each chapter rigidly deals with a fixed set of aspects, such as history, texts, worldview and practices. Clear markings in the chapters themselves and a detailed index make this volume the most accessible key resource on Daoism past and present.

Wandering on the Way
Wandering on the Way

Author: Tzu Chuang

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2000-04-01

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 9780824820381

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In this vivid, contemporary translation, Victor Mair captures the quintessential life and spirit of Chuang Tzu while remaining faithful to the original text.

East Wind
East Wind

Author: Charles Courtney

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780761808619

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This is a collection of essays by students of the late Jung Young Lee, Professor of Systematic Theology at Drew University. The essays, based on seminar papers written for Dr. Lee in 1995 and 1996, show both the quality of the work he nurtured and the breadth and richness of the thought he inspired. Contents: A Cosmological Return in Theology; Understanding Tao From a Theological Perspective; Embracing Ambiguity; Taoist Principles of Leadership And Their Application To A Unitarian Universalist Congregation; The Concept of Time in Whithead and the I Ching; Changing Worldview from the West to the I Ching: Focused on the Concepts of Time and Space; Self in Taoism and Carl G. Jung; Asian Worldviews on Spirit and Nature: From Taoistic and Shamanistic Worldviews; Korean Ancestor Worship.

Chuang-tzu
Chuang-tzu

Author:

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1594733287

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The timeless wisdom of this classic Taoist text can become a companion on your own spiritual journey. The Chuang-tzu is the second major text of the Taoist tradition. It was compiled in the third century BCE and follows the lead of the best-known and oldest of all Taoist texts, the Tao-te-ching (Book of the Tao and Its Potency). Representing the philosophy of its main author, Chuang Chou, along with several other early Taoist strands, the text has inspired spiritual seekers for over two thousand years. Using parable, anecdote, allegory and paradox, the Chuang-tzu presents the central message of what was to become the Taoist school: a reverence for the Tao—the "Way" of the natural world—and the belief that you are not truly virtuous until you are free from the burden of circumstance, personal attachments, tradition and the desire to reform the world. In this special SkyLight Illuminations edition, leading Taoist scholar Livia Kohn, PhD, provides a fresh, modern translation of key selections from this timeless text to open up classic Taoist beliefs and practices. She provides insightful, accessible commentary that highlights the Chuang-tzu's call to reject artificially imposed boundaries and distinctions, and illustrates how you can live a more balanced, authentic and joyful life—at ease in perfect happiness—by following Taoist principles.