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Zhuangzi:
Taoist Stories

Read and listen to Chuang Tzu, with reflections and stories that invite a second look.

The opening chapter of Zhuangzi in the English iPhone reader

A story, then a closer look.

Unfold one of 79 selected stories. Read what happens, then consider the ideas behind it.

An expanded story about Peng, with its own wisdom section in the Zhuangzi iPhone app

The bird that had to wait for wind

Peng's enormous wings need a wind strong enough to carry them. The little dove needs less. It still depends on its wings.

Size changes the conditions of flight. It does not remove them. The story asks us to notice both the limits of our own experience and what makes another way of life possible.

An excerpt from our reading of Free and Easy Wandering.

Follow your own path through the book.

All 33 chapters
English adaptations and reflections for contemporary readers, alongside the Chinese edition. Start with a chapter that interests you.
English listening on your device
Prepare the approximately 175 MB voice resources once. Then listen offline, with text highlighting and pause controls. Chinese narration is not supported.
Any three chapters free
Choose your three chapters. A single purchase unlocks the rest, without a subscription. The planned US price is $5.99; your store shows the applicable local price.
A place to return to
Keep chapter bookmarks. Reading works without an app account, and the text is included with the app.

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