“Rereading the Stone: Desire and the Making of Fiction in ‘Dream of the Red Chamber ( Read more... )

Another thought about Taoism is that it fits the “invisible hand” theory of economics perhaps better than any other religion. Buddhism is too anti-desire to create proper consumers, Hinduism is too wrapped up in the caste system to allow for the proper flow of talent, Christianity and Judaism have too strict laws about loaning money for the proper ( Read more... )

I’ve been puzzling over how to sum up my reaction to having read and blogged about the Taoteching for the last few months. One lesson that commonly comes from Taoist philosophy is to “do what comes naturally,” but that is a loaded statement. What does “comes naturally” mean ( Read more... )

True words aren’t beautiful ( Read more... )

Imagine a small state with a small population ( Read more... )

In resolving a great dispute ( Read more... )

Nothing in the world is weaker than water ( Read more... )

The Way of Heaven ( Read more... )

When people are born ( Read more... )

The reason people are hungry ( Read more... )