Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
Herbert A. Giles
The complete Chuang Tzu in Herbert Giles's translation, the version that introduced the second great Taoist classic to English readers. Includes the parables and dialogues the book is best known for.
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