Informationen zum Autor Chungliang Al Huang is the founder of Living Tao Foundation, an international cultural-arts network for lifelong learning, and the director of the Lan Ting Institute, a cross-cultural study and conference center at the sacred and historic Wu Yi Mountain, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the People's Republic of China, and at Gold Beach on the Oregon Coast in the USA. He has written many classic books including Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain: The Essense of Tai Ji; Essential Tai Ji; and The Chinese Book of Animal Powers, all of which are now brought back into print by Singing Dragon. Klappentext Originally published: Berkeley, Calif.: Celestial Arts, 1987. Zusammenfassung Written with true passion and eloquence! the book richly conveys the subtle yet profound principles underlying Tai Ji. Movement! stillness! joyfulness! and the ability to live in the moment are the threads running through the text! as well as the humor and compassion to acknowledge the impossibility of human perfection. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword. Introduction. 1. Chapter I. 2. Chapter II. 3. Chapter III. 4. Chapter IV. 5. Chapter V. 6. Calligraphy. 7. Zen Ox Pictures. 8. Tao Te Ching. 9. Chapter IX. Afterword.

Klappentext

Originally published: Berkeley, Calif.: Celestial Arts, 1987.

Zusammenfassung
Written with true passion and eloquence, the book richly conveys the subtle yet profound principles underlying Tai Ji. Movement, stillness, joyfulness, and the ability to live in the moment are the threads running through the text, as well as the humor and compassion to acknowledge the impossibility of human perfection.

Inhalt

Foreword. Introduction. 1. Chapter I. 2. Chapter II. 3. Chapter III. 4. Chapter IV. 5. Chapter V. 6. Calligraphy. 7. Zen Ox Pictures. 8. Tao Te Ching. 9. Chapter IX. Afterword.