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Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu). The True Classic of Nanhua

Zhuangzi

One of the two founding classics of Daoism and one of the summits of Chinese prose. In some sixty-five thousand characters it alternates fables, dialogues, aphorisms and paradoxical arguments with a humour rare in ancient literature. Its protagonists are giant birds, craftsmen, cripples, bandits, a Confucius sometimes mocked and sometimes turned into a Daoist mouthpiece, and Zhuangzi himself arguing with his friend Huizi. Its central teaching is that points of view are relative, that life and death are part of a ceaseless transformation and that freedom lies in wandering unfettered in harmony with the Way.