Track | Title | Length |
1 | 01 - Introduction, Part 1 | 22:05 |
2 | 02 - Introduction, Part 2 | 18:34 |
3 | 03 - The Doctrine of Relativity | 07:12 |
4 | 04 - The Identity of Contraries | 08:51 |
5 | 05 - Illusions | 04:00 |
6 | 06 - The Mysterious Immanence | 12:36 |
7 | 07 - The Hidden Spring | 09:19 |
8 | 08 - Non-Interference with Nat | 03:25 |
9 | 09 - Passive Virtue | 11:11 |
10 | 10 - Self-Adaptation to Extern | 06:41 |
11 | 11 - Immortality of the Soul | 05:18 |
12 | 12 - The Sage, or Perfect Man | 09:32 |
13 | 13 - Random Gleanings | 22:54 |
14 | 14 - Personal Anecdotes | 05:30 |
Production Credits
Read by: Scotty Smith
Book Coordinator: Scotty Smith
Meta Coordinator: Availle
Proof Listener: Larry Wilson
Artwork Credits
Cover: Zhuangzi Dreaming of a Butterfly, Mid-16th Century, by Lu Zhi
Inset: Opening pages of “Da Sheng ”, 19th volume of Zhuangzi, printed in Sung dynasty.
Inset: Han dynasty depiction of Zhuang Zi, 1925.
Insert: Depiction of Zhuangzi drumming
If Lao Tzu then had revolted against the growing artificiality of life in his day, a return to nature must have seemed doubly imperative to his disciple Chuang Tzu, who flourished more than a couple of centuries later, when the bugbear of civilisation had steadily advanced. With chagrin he saw that Lao Tzu’s teaching had never obtained any firm hold on the masses, still less on the rulers of China, whereas the star of Confucius was unmistakably in the ascendant. Within his own recollection the propagation of Confucian ethics had received a powerful impetus from Mencius, the second of China’s orthodox sages. Now Chuang Tzu was imbued to the core with the principles of pure Taoism, as handed down by Lao Tzu. He might more fitly be dubbed “the Tao-saturated man” than Spinoza “the God-intoxicated.” Tao in its various phases pervaded his inmost being and was reflected in all his thought. He was therefore eminently qualified to revive his Master’s ringing protest against the materialistic tendencies of the time. - Summary by Lionel Giles
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0674012595351 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0674012595368 |
Media | MP3 CD, download |
Package | DVD Box, CD jacket, paper sleeve, zip file |
Author | Zhuangzi (4th Century BCE) and Lionel Giles |
Translator | Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935) |
Year | 3. 300 BC |
Recording | |
Read by | Scotty Smith |
Length | 2 hours and 28 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzu
- Author: Zhuangzi
- Product Code: DB-1335
- Availability: In Stock
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