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Tsai is one of Asia's most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents Tsai's delightful graphic adaptation of the profound and humorous Daoist writings of Zhuangzi, some of the most popular and influential in the history of Asian philosophy and culture. \u003cem\u003eThe Way of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e brings together all of Tsai's beguiling cartoon illustrations of the Zhuangzi, which takes its name from its author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a uniquely accessible and entertaining adaptation of a pillar of classical Daoism, which has deeply influenced Chinese poetry, landscape painting, martial arts, and Chan (Zen) Buddhism. 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