Last month I received an email message from Better World Books that they were having a one-day 50% off sale of their already inexpensive bargain books. Since our meager budget has grown tighter these days, I jumped at the opportunity to purchase several books for not a lot of dough. I ended up with 7 used books for less than $15! A darn good deal, I say.
One of these books is The Book of Leadership and Strategy by Thomas Cleary. It features snippets from the Huainanzi. In his introduction, Cleary describes this book as a collection of extracts from
From the little I have read thus far, this book appears to be very interesting AND illuminating!
One of these books is The Book of Leadership and Strategy by Thomas Cleary. It features snippets from the Huainanzi. In his introduction, Cleary describes this book as a collection of extracts from
"The Master's of Huainan," an early Taoist classic following the ancient tradition of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu. Composed over two thousand years ago, Huainanzi is one of the oldest and most prestigious works of the Taoist philosophy.Since I do not have the entire text at my disposal, I will be unable to feature it in serial form (like the Analects of Confucius). Instead, I will begin a series that looks at several of the passages and my commentary or observations about each.
From the little I have read thus far, this book appears to be very interesting AND illuminating!
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