59 Hugh ‘n Auntie
| The ‘Huainanzi’ is een o the Taoist classics bit it wiz pit thegithir twa or three hunner ‘ear efter the early classics fae Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu. The early eens hid bin writtin during the warrin states period fin social chaos wiz the order o the day. Hugh ‘n Auntie wiz pit thegithir durin een o they short periods o ‘peace in our time’ – a wee whiley o well fed chirpiness fin the politicians wiz honest ‘n weel meanin. | The early, classic, Taoist masters Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu had been writing during the warring states period in Chinese history. The Huainanzi is an edited collection of wisdom stories based on the earlier works but put together several hundred years later when an element of stability had re-entered society. |
Philosophy - July 1994
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