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AN OFTEN QUOTED Chinese proverb is that one picture is worth a thousand words, because it is so often much easier to show than to say.
From the rear cover
Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of TAO in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic The Way of Zen. Critics agree that this last work stands as a perfect monument to the life and literature of Alan Watts.Written with the collaboration of Al Chung-liang Huang.
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Drawing on ancient and modern sources, Watts treats the Chinese philosophy of Tao in much the same way as he did Zen Buddhism in his classic The Way of Zen. Critics agree that this last work stands as a perfect monument to the life and literature of Alan Watts.
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- Title Tao: The Watercourse Way
- Author Alan Watts
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 134
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pantheon Books, New York
- Date January 12, 1977
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780394733111 / 0394733118
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.05 x 0.44 in (23.67 x 15.37 x 1.12 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Chinese language - Writing, Taoism
- Dewey Decimal Code 299.514
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