Liezi: (Library of Chinese Classics)

Chinese Title: 大中华文库—列子
Title: Liezi-Library of Chinese Classics
Edition: Chinese-English
Publishing Date: 2005-02
Author/Translator: Lie Zi, Li Jianguo, Liang Xiaopeng
Publishing House: Zhonghua Book Company Publishing
ISBN: 9787101042733
Format: 16mo
Cover: Luxury
Page: 228pp
Spec: 160x240


Description:
Liezi, one of the classics of Taoism, is said to be written by Liezi, or Lie Yukou, a representative Taoist of the Warring States Period. The teachings of Liezi were close to those of Zhuangzi; however, the present version reflects the contents of thinking and style of writing of the Eastern Jin in addition to its basic standpoint of and approach to the traditional Taoist world view of naturalism. For this reason, it is believed by some people to be a book composed by later enerations but put under the name of Liezi.Liezi contains a lot of fables, folktales, and myths which may serve as valuable materials of folklore in the ancient times. On the other hand, chapters like "Power and Destiny" and "Yang Zhu" are indirect reflections of the metaphysical thought of the Wei and Jin Period.

According to the Comprehensive Mirror of the Perfect Immortals Who Embodied the Dao, Liezi was a man of the state of Zheng, who lived there unknown for forty years. The author of the History of the Han Dynasty held that Liezi lived earlier than Zhuangzi, because Zhuangzi recorded many legends about Liezi.