Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master
Ming-Dao Deng
476 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0062502190
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Language: English
Publish: October 8, 1993
ChinaEastern PhilosophyFictionHistorical FictionMartial ArtsPhilosophyReligionSpiritualityTaoismUnfinished
For the first time in one volume—an extraordinary spiritual odyssey of the making of the Taoist master Kwan Saihung. Born into a wealthy family in a remote province of China, Kwan defies his parents’ wishes and enters into the rigorous and mysterious discipline of Taoist practice. Renamed “Little Butterfly” by his Taoist masters, he survives the upheaval of the Japanese occupation, and the later the Chinese Revolution, all the while becoming adept in the Taoist arts. Eventually his inner and outer journey lead him to America, where he becomes a Golden Gloves boxer and martial arts instructor.
Part adventure, part parable, Chronicles of Tao travels through a labyrinth of enigmatic Taoist practice, marital arts discipline, and international adventure.