Beginning with an eloquent discourse on the Chinese language, renowned advocate of Eastern philosophy Alan Watts goes on to describe the origins and essence of Taoist philosophy, as well as the concepts of "wu wei"a natural or effortless actionand "Te," the power that results thereof." "Drawing on ancient and modern sources, this treatise gives the same careful attention to Tao that Zen Buddhism received in Watts s classic "The Way of Zen." His sources include writings by Chinese philosophers Laozi and Zhuang Zi, as well as the "I Ching "and modern studies by scientist Joseph Needham, writer and inventor Lin Yutang, and sinologist Arthur Waley."Comenzando con un discurso elocuente sobre el lenguaje chino, el respetado partidario de la filosofia oriental Alan Watts procede a describir los origenes y la esencia de la filosofia taoista, asi como los conceptos del ""wu wei""la accion natural o sin esfuerzoy del ""te"," el poder que emana de ello. Empleando fuentes antiguas y modernas, este tratado le presta la misma atencion cuidadosa al Taoismo que el Budismo Zen recibio en la obra clasica de Watts "El espiritu del Zen." Sus fuentes incluyen escritos por los filosofos chinos Lao-Tse y Zhuangzi, ademas del"I Ching" y estudios modernos por el cientifico Joseph Needman, el escritor e inventor Lin Yutang y el sinologista Arthur Waley.""