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The provided passages do not directly address the "practical implications" of Zhuangzi's teachings.
However, Passage 1 suggests that reading Zhuangzi can "provide an understanding of the real meaning of life and place us in the modern world, calm and confident in our conduct" [1]. It also states that one can "journey at will in the liberated poetic world of Zhuangzi" [1].
Passage 2 mentions that Zhuangzi and his wisdom "can teach us how to find spiritual comfort in this vast world of ours" [2]. It also notes that the book combines Zhuangzi's philosophy with modern life [2].
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ough 1,000 years of history. In this dialogue with the sages of Chinese philosophy there is both an exchange and collision of ideas that absorb a life force from their wisdom, provide an understanding of the real meaning of life and place us in the modern world, calm and confident in our conduct. Open this book and then, like the kunpeng, journey at will in the liberated poetic world of Zhuangzi. Categories: Religion Pages: 143 Snippet: Open this book and then, like the kunpeng, journey at will in the liberated poetic world of Zhuangzi.
Title: The Way to Inner Peace by Yinchi Chen, Zhuang Zi Description: The Zhuangzi is one of the great classic Taoist texts. Zhuangzi (or Zhuang Tzu) himself was born during the upheavals and chaos of China' s Warring States period (475– 221 BC). His outstanding written style, vivid and fantastical imagination and marvelous fables exercised a profound influence on the formation of traditional Chinese culture, whilst he himself occupied a commanding position amongst the thinkers of the day. He disdained worldly fame and profit and lived in transcendent calm and unaffected ease. Amidst the…