Kuanyin Tzu, or True Man of Wenshih, is Yin Hsi, Frontier Com-mander of Hankukuan Pass. He is one of the ten great thinkers in The Pre-Ch’in Period. He is also a senior official, general and philosopher as well as an educator in The Eastern Chou Dynasty. He is a founder of the Taoist School and a contemporary of Lao Tzu. He is the first man in inheriting and propagating Lao Tzu or Tao Te Ching in human history. According to Historical Records, “Lao Tzu studied the theory of Tao and virtue which takes living in seclusion and no-name as its top priority. He lived in the capital of The Eastern Chou Dynasty for a long time and seeing that The Eastern Chou Dynasty was on the de-cline, he left there. When he arrived at Hankukuan Pass, Yin Hsi, Frontier Commander of Hankukuan Pass, said to him, ‘You’re going to live in seclusion. Would you please be so kind as to write a book for me?’ Thus, Lao Tzu wrote a book consisting of Part One and Part Two which describes the contents of Tao and virtue with over 5,000 Chi-nese characters and then he left. Nobody knew where he had gone.” This book is called Lao Tzu or Tao Te Ching, a classical work with the largest number of editions and the largest number of publications in human history.
Wen Tzu, originally called Hsin Wen, also known by his literary name Chijan, is a thinker, philosopher and writer as well as an educator. Wen Tzu, born in the Spring and Autumn Period, is a contemporary of Confucius and the author of Wen Tzu. He often got in touch with his friends in Haitse. Fan Li, a grand master of the Yüeh State, worshiped him as his master and he taught Fan Li seven stratagems in turn. Fan Li assisted Kou Chien, King of Yüeh and wiped out the Wu State with his five stratagems. Wen Tzu was learned and versatile as he had a good command of everything, but he was always on equal terms with others. He was not handsome, but he was born bright. He studied the theory of yin and yang and could realize the essence and development of things from their signs. Some then celebrities such as P’eng Meng, T’ien P’ien, Shen Tao and Huan Yüan all worshiped him as their master.
Sample Chapter(s)
Preface (126 KB)
Components of the Book:
- New Paraphrase of Kuanyin Tzu
- Vol. 1 All Space
- Vol. 2 The Pillar
- Vol. 3 Culmination
- Vol. 4 Omens
- Vol. 5 The Mirror
- Vol. 6 The Spoon
- Vol. 7 The Cauldron
- Vol. 8 The Chip
- Vol. 9 The Medicine
- New Paraphrase of Wen Tzu
- Vol. 1 Tao, Origin of All Created Things
- Vol. 2 Sincerity
- Vol. 3 Nine Keeps
- Vol. 4 One Should Mean What He Says
- Vol. 5 Tao and Virtue
- Vol. 6 The Noble Moral Integrity
- Vol. 7 The Subtle Wisdom
- Vol. 8 Nature
- Vol. 9 The Vulgar Moral Integrity
- Vol. 10 The Noble Benevolence
- Vol. 11 The Noble Justice
- Vol. 12 The Noble Propriety
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers, and other people attending or interested in Kuanyin Tzu and Wen Tzu.
Zhongyuan Cai
English Teacher and Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Languages, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) in Nanjing, China. English Editor of the magazine Southeast Culture in Nanjing Museum, one of the top-ten magazines of Social and Human Sciences in Jiangsu Province, China.