Dao · The Way

The Way at Play

The Book of Lieh-tzu

A Taoist classic of spontaneity and ease. Translated by A.C. Graham (or Eva Wong).

Why it belongs

Taoist tales of ease, spontaneity, and the man who forgets himself. Where the Daodejing instructs, Lieh-tzu lets the Way be overheard in story.

Echoes across the paths

The same structure, carried in other images—one tradition's metaphor mapping onto another's.