I am usually a bit wary of ancient books on eastern mysticism, religion or wisdom - this is simply because as a reader reading in English I usually find the translations unsatisfactory. I feel the Book of Zhuangzi is excellent.more I feel that if one is pursuing Daoism, start with Tao Teh Ching, and if you are still intrigued, check out the Book of Zhuangzi. Of course, if a text were inauthentic, but still effective, I wouldn't mind, but I did not feel that Hua Hu Ching offered anything to me that the Tao Teh Ching didn't already have. Also, after hearing the history of the Hua Hu Ching, for some reason I doubted the authenticity of the text. The Hua Hu Ching was a bit harder for me to appreciate. I feel tha Coming from a non-scholar, who knows little about the Chinese language, the Tao Teh Ching translation seemed good for me. Coming from a non-scholar, who knows little about the Chinese language, the Tao Teh Ching translation seemed good for me.
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