If Lao Tzu was a philosopher, Chuang Tzu for sure was a poem, romantic one.

M just bought Thomas Merton’s The Way of Chuang Tzu by Thomas Merton in 1965, and here I found Alan Watts’ review on New York Times Book Review in 1966,

“For my own taste, Chuang Tzu is the most readable, congenial and profound of all philosophers and mystics of the world because his exposition is uniquely graced with humor. Father Merton’s third partial translation…is the most admirable introduction to this less known but most important sourcebook of Taoism. It is prefaced by a concise study of the philosophy that shows Father Merton understands it very well indeed.”

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