http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2010/03/21/poem-of-the-woodcarver-by-chuang-tzu/ Thu, 24 May 2012 18:16:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2010/03/21/poem-of-the-woodcarver-by-chuang-tzu/#comment-40529 slyypper Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:10:14 +0000 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2010/03/21/poem-of-the-woodcarver-by-chuang-tzu/#comment-40529 "The Way of Chuang Tzu" is not Merton's translation but his adaptation of the poems based on five translated versions. In his preface "A Note to the Reader" he writes "Since I know only a few Chinese characters, I obviously am not a translator. These "readings" are then not attempts at faithful reproduction but ventures in personal and spiritual interpretation." “The Way of Chuang Tzu” is not Merton’s translation but his adaptation of the poems based on five translated versions. In his preface “A Note to the Reader” he writes “Since I know only a few Chinese characters, I obviously am not a translator. These “readings” are then not attempts at faithful reproduction but ventures in personal and spiritual interpretation.”

]]> http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2010/03/21/poem-of-the-woodcarver-by-chuang-tzu/#comment-37574 TriciaA Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:28:36 +0000 http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2010/03/21/poem-of-the-woodcarver-by-chuang-tzu/#comment-37574 Now I understand why I'm not an artist:) Now I understand why I’m not an artist:)

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