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Tao: The Watercourse Way »
Authors: Alan W. Watts, Lee Chih-chang (Illustrator), Al Chung-Liang Huang
ISBN-13: 9780394733111, ISBN-10: 0394733118
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: January 1977
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Alan W. Watts
Book Synopsis
Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of Tao in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic The Way of Zen. Critics agree that this last work stands as a perfect monument to the life and literature of Alan Watts.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | vii | |
| Preface | xiv | |
| Prolegomena | xvii | |
| The Pronunciation of Chinese Words | xxi | |
| 1 | The Chinese Written Language | 2 |
| 2 | The Yin-Yang Polarity | 18 |
| 3 | Tao | 37 |
| Chinese Calligraphy | 56 | |
| 4 | Wu-wei | 74 |
| Chinese Calligraphy | 99 | |
| 5 | Te-Virtuality | 106 |
| Once Again: A New Beginning | 123 | |
| Note on My Calligraphy | 128 | |
| Bibliography | 129 |
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