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Title: Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu by Zhuangzi, Victor H. Mair, Chuang-Tzu, Chuang Tzu ISBN: 0-8248-2038-X Publisher: University of Hawaii Press Pub. Date: January, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: the Chuang tzu
Comment: One trusts this is probably the best English translation there is of the Chuang Tzu. The Chuang tzu has a unique place in the world of spiritual writings; it breathes the air of freedom like nothing else. Not knowing ancient Chinese, however, the only thing I can say is that I am very happy with this translation.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Available Translation Of This Toaist Classic
Comment: Though Burton Watson's translation comes a close second, this version is the absolute best English translation I have found. Mair includes the "rhyming prose" the poetry and lots of the zaniness that somehow gets passed over in other translations. For those wishing to have more notes Mair generously refers them to his writings in the Sino-Platonic Papers. Mair is second to none in his understanding of archaic Chinese and takes us back to the truly revolutionary collection of writings that Chuang Tzu really is.

Rating: 4
Summary: Superb translation but with a lack of notes
Comment: It's a fresh and scholarly translation, but also potentially controversial, since a few sections of the text have been deleted (even from the Inner Chapters). The deletions are not noted in the main text (the general reader will be unaware of them) or clearly explained. They can be found in the "Deleted Passages" appendix at the end of the book. Some translations are unconventional, like "look after your parents" (Watson) in the beginnig of chapter 3, is translated by Victor Mair as "Nourish your inmost viscera"; it would be interesting to know why. I would look forward to another edition with notes.

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