Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781570623707 The Spirit of Tao The TRANSLATED & EDITED BY Thomas Cleary SHAMBHALA Boston & London 1998 Shambhala Publications, Inc. Horticultural Hall 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 021 15 http://www.shombhola.com © 1991, 1993 by Thomas Cleary All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and reuieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 987654321 Printed in the United States of America ® This edition is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39.48 Standard. Distributed in the United States by Random House, Inc., and in Canada by Random House of Canada Ltd The Library of Congress catalogues the Shambholo Pocket Classics edition of this book as follows; The spirit of Tao / translated and edited by Thomas Cleary. — — isted. p. cm (Shambhala pocket classics) ISBN 0-87773-877-7 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 1-57062-370-8 (Shambhala Centaur Editions) I. Taoism. I. Cleary, Thomas F., 1949- . II. Series. BL 1920.S69 1993 92-50445 — 299'.5 1482 dc2o CIP 9 1 CONTENTS Classic Sources i Tao-te Ching 9 Chuang-tzu 1 Huai-non-tzu 24 Wen-tzu 30 Tales of Inner Meaning 39 Sayings of Ancestor Lii 7^ Notes on Sources 6 1 I ! ! Classic Sources £ I i