Here you will find some selections from Chuang Tzu's Outer Chapters. From a literary point of view the Chuang Tzu is one of the richest texts in all of philosophy. At times the language has a diamond-like density in which every word counts. At times it is extended, full of dialogues, parables, stories, examples and images based on the whole of human life from low to high, and on natural phenomena.

As you sit back and enjoy these works, engulf yourself in the mystical transcendence and freedom in which Chuang Tzu writes.
Joined Toes
Horses Hooves
Opening Trunks, or a Protest Against Civilisation
On Tolerance
Heaven and Earth
The Way of Heaven
The Revolution of Heaven
Rigid and Arrogant
The Deceived and Ignorant Ones
Autumn Floods
Perfect Happiness
The Full Understanding of Life
The Tree on the Mountain
Thien Tsze-Fang
Knowledge Rambling in the North