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  • The bell-stand of Chuang Tse

    Khing, a worker in rottlera wood, carved a bell-stand. When it was completed, all who saw it were astonished as though it were the work of spirits. The Prince of Lu went…

  • Taoist poems

    Chuang Chou and the Butterfly Chuang Chou in dream became a butterfly, And the butterfly became Chuang Chou at waking.  Which was the real-the butterfly or the man?  Who can tell the…

  • The farmer’s horse

    There is a (Taoist) story of a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, the neighbours gathered to commiserate with him since this was such bad luck. He said, “May be.” The…