Lin Yutangs Introduction to Chuangtse: Mystic and
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tant text of Cse consists of ty-ters, all of ture of pion and anecdotes or parables. ters containing t virulent attacks on Confucianism (not included extual critics" t seven cers. to understand because it is to talk of forgery. One can rest assured t textual critics" are unscientific because very little of it is picism, but consists of opinions as to style and o attack Confucius only in a mild and polisype of "criticism" in my long introduction to tory.) Only one or t, er interpolations and t is a subjective assertion of opinion. Even tions of style are faulty, and at least a distinction serpolations and side t seven cers, and it even occurred to tics to provide an anso o be sure t even t eloquent exposition of t as forgery, tse, o do lemen." On tes er generations into tremely loose structure of ters.
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