The Thread of Dao: Unraveling Early Daoist Oral Traditions in Guan Zi's "Purifying the Heart-Mind (Bai Xin)," "Art of the Heart Mind (Xin Shu)," and "Internal Cultivation (Nei Ye)"

"This is a real treasury, wonderfully organized and translated... full of all sorts of connections to all that we love most about China." - Red Pine (Bill Porter), author of "Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits" and translator of "Lao-Tzu's Taoteching: with Selected Commentaries of the Past 2000 Years"

Ancient Chinese meditation and mindfulness traditions were often imparted through Daoist wisdom on governance and health preservation. Within these teachings lie subtle instructio...