Zhuang Zi Speaks: The Music of Nature [bilingual Classical Chinese, English]. ISBN: 9787514377255

Chinese Title: 蔡志忠漫画中国传统文化经典:庄子说(中英文对照版)
ISBN-10: 7-51-437725-5, 7514377255
ISBN-13: 978-7-51-437725-5, 9787514377255
Series: Traditional Chinese Culture Series
Pages: 250
Binding: softcover
Shipping Weight: 490g
Size: 168mm x 233mm
Language: modern and classical Chinese [simplified characters], English
Year of Publication: 2019
Publisher: Modern Publishing House (现代出版社)

Zhuang Zi Speaks: The Music of Nature is part of the Traditional Chinese Culture Series - The wisdom of the classics in comics, this book is an illustrated adaptation of Zhuangzi, a great thinker, philosopher, and man of letters during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. He inherited the mantle of Laozi, founder of the Daoist school. Collected and popularized by the immensely popular Chinese illustrator Tsai Chih Chung, this volume includes more than 100 tales for the reader of today, bringing to life the spirit and philosophy of Daoism through cartoon panels with a text that is irreverently humorous yet replete with wisdom. It is a great and easy tool to learn Chinese classics. Text in English and modern Chinese translation. Classical Chinese text in the appendix.

Contents
Zhuangzi Speaks I The Music of Nature
The winter cicada and the wonder tortoise
The little Sparrow's small happiness
Hui shi's giant gourd
The song family's secret formula
The useless shu tree
The tattooed yue people
The music of the earth
Zhao wen quits the zither
Does wang ni know?
Is xi shi really beautiful?
Li ji's tears
zhang wuzi's dream
Dialogue with a shadow
The Dream of the butterfly
Three at dawn and four at dusk
Hui shi leans against a tree
Paoding carves up a cow
Passing on the flame
the caged chicken
the mantis stops a cart
the horse lover
The earth spirit's tree
A tree's natural life span
The freak
Oil burns itself out
The tiger Trainer
The oeless shu
Nature the superhero
Forgetting the dao
Zi sang questions his fate
...
Zhuangzi Speaks II More Music of Nature
...
Appendix: further reading

Traditionelle Chinesische Kultur Serie - Die Weisheit der Klassiker in Comics. Diese Serie greift die Schriften der bekanntesten frühen Denker der chinesischen Kultur auf und stellt dem klassischen Text die korrespondierende vereinfachte englische Übersetzung mit Comiczeichnungen gegenüber.

Traditional Chinese Culture Series
中国传统文化系列

The wisdom of the classsics in comics
Tsai Chih Chung`sbooks have sold over 40 million copies in 44 countries around the world

看景点漫画学英文
蔡志忠漫画图书已经在44个国家出版，销售达到4000万册

The writings of Chinese early thinkers have influenced all facets of Chinese culture and society, from education to art, from politics and warfare to common etiquette. The popular comic book artist TSAI CHIH CHUNG has faithfully brought the wisdom of these classics to life with his uniquely charming illustrations.

中国早期思想家的著作影响了中国文化和社会的方方面面，从教育到艺术，从政治和战争到日常礼节。广受欢迎的漫画家蔡志忠先生一直致力于用他独特而富有吸引力的画风将这些古代经典著作的智慧带入生活。

This series on Traditional Chinese Thought features the great thinkers of Chinese history, including:

- Confucius, the sage of harmonious living
- Laozi, the Daoist sage of natural living
- Zhuangzi, the Daoist sage of freedom and spontaneity
- Sunzi, the sage of winning without warring
- Zen masters, the sages of living in the moment

这一中国传统思想系列漫画映射出历史上伟大思想家们的光辉；包括：
　　孔子，和谐生活的智慧。
　　老子，道家自然生活的智慧。
　　庄子，道家自由与自然的智慧。
　　孙子，不战而胜的智慧。
　　禅师，生活在瞬间的智慧。

Brian Bruya is translator of the American editions and received his Ph.D. in Comparative Philosophy from the University of Hawaii. He is a professor and interpreter of early Chinese Philosophy and Managing Editor of Shuhai Wenyuan, a website for the study of Chinese philosophy.

Brian Bruya是此系列书美国版的译者，拥有夏威夷大学比较哲学的博士学位。他是中国早期哲学研究领域的专家和翻译，同时还是一个关于中国哲学研究的网站书海文苑的决编辑。