Ep. 51 | Daoism (Part 2)
The China History Podcast
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Cana - Translated in Chinese
You don't have to read the cana in any particular order. It's filled with all kinds of fanciful words and has all kinds of fun with chinese characters, which are the stuff of double antandres and playful meanings. So many subtleties in the language are impossible to put into words. The most famous passage is in the outer chapters, chapter 14 to be exact. This concerns a dream that tanza had. I guess let's look at some of the passages of petuana. And if you've never read it before, you'll get it. To me, it's all about what did these philosophers do that influence history or the culture of a civilization? i
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