The Way of Nature

By Zhuangzi, C. C. Tsai (illustrator), Brian Bruya (translator)

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A delightfully illustrated selection of the great Daoist writings of Zhuangzi by bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai

C. C. Tsai is one of Asia's most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. This volume presents Tsai's delightful…

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For a long time the ancient Chinese Daoist text known as the Zhuangzi didn’t make sense to me: He wrote long ago and far away, in a language I wasn’t born into, and perhaps was answering questions I didn’t know to ask.

The elegantly drawn lines of this illustrated version perfectly convey the grace of the Zhuangzi, and the translator’s conversational style perfectly conveys its down-to-earth, practical realism. As I became more comfortable with ancient China and my language skills improved enough to read the original, I still came back to C. C. Tsai and marveled at how well he…

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