Author: Mitchell, Stephen

Following the phenomenal success of his version of the Tao Te Ching, scholar and translator Stephen Mitchell has composed this long-overdue sequel to Lao-tzu's classic manual on the art of living. Mitchell selects and adapts the freshest, clearest teachings of Lao-tzu's disciple Chuang-tzu and Confucius's grandson Tzussu, complemented by his own commentaries. The book introduces a cast of vivid characters, most of them humble artisans or servants, who show us what it means to be in harmony with the way things are. 256 pp.