![]() ![]() Ordinary vinegar tasters, but are instead representatives of the "Three Teachings" of China, and that Since the painting isĪllegorical, we are to understand that these are no Each has dipped his finger into the vinegarĪnd has tasted it. We see three men standing around a vat of Version, we know that the original was painted longĪgo just when is uncertain. Something for a moment," he says, and goes into theīack of the shop, leaving us alone with the painting.Īlthough we can see that this is a fairly recent "A copy of The Vinegar Tasters!" He leads us toĪ large table and unrolls the scroll, placing it downįor us to examine. Something allegorical - something humorous, perhaps, but with some sort of Timeless Meaning. Narrow street in a large Chinese city and haveįound a small shop that sells scrolls painted in theĬlassic manner. "And the easiest way to do that would be for "So that's what this chapter is for - to explain "You see, Pooh," I said, "a lot of people don't seem So I think that we will start at the beginning. Saying puts it this way: "A thousand-mile journey Others said it was the stupidest thing they'd ever When informed of my intentions, the scholarsĮxclaimed, "Preposterous!" and things like that. Through Winnie-the-Pooh, and explained Winniethe-Pooh through the principles of Taoism. That was when I began to get an idea: to writeĪ book that explained the principles of Taoism Going through all kinds of adventures, without everĪccumulating any amount of intellectual knowledge or losing his simpleminded sort of happiness. "It's about this dumpy little bear that wandersĪround asking silly questions, making up songs, and "It sounds like something from Winnie-thePooh," he said. "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to "When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said How all of them came from the East, and I was saying that some of them didn't, but he was going onĪnd on, just like this sentence, not paying any attention, when I decided to read a quotation of Wisdom from the West, to prove that there was more Great Masters of Wisdom, and someone was saying That was after some of us were discussing the "It's about how to stay happy and calm under "It seems more like the ow! of Pooh," said "The Tao of Pooh," I replied, poking his paw "What's this you're writing?" asked Pooh, climbing "Cottleston, Cottleston, Cottleston Pie." It is published and without a similar condition ![]() Of binding or cover other than that in which Without the publisher's prior consent in any form ![]() That it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise,īe lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated This book is sold subject to the condition Mandarin is an imprint of the Octopus Publishing Group,Ī division of Reed International Books Limited Michelin House, 81 Fulham Road, London SW3 6RB ![]()
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