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One of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese, or a venerable philosopher, but is in fact none other than A. A. Milne's effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear Winnie-the-Pooh. While Eeyore frets and Piglet hesitates and Rabbit calculates and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is. And... read more
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Summary edit
Hoff explains Taoism through the eyes of the inhabitants of Hundred Acre Wood. Each character is put into situations that show their personality which relate to the principles of Taoism.
Characters/People edit
- Winnie The Pooh: The classic, nonchalant teddy bear we've all grown to know and love. Embodies the concepts of Wei Wu Wei and Pu.
- Narrator: teaches taoism through some of Winnie the Poohs stories.
- Owl: Add a description of this character.
- Piglet: everyones favorite pig is back to share the wisdom
- Rabbit: this Bisy Backson teaches us what not to do
- Christopher Robin: asks all the right questions
- Eeyore
- Tigger
- Wu Wei: involves knowing when to act and when not to act.
- Lao-tse: Was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching. His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism (Daoism).
- Chuang-tse: Was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, a period corresponding to the philosophical summit of Chinese thought — the Hundred Schools of Thought, and is credited with writing—in part or in whole—a work known by his name, the Zhuangzi.
- Kanga
- Cottleston
- Roo
Quotes edit
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“A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.”
Chuang-tse -
“Help, help, a Herrible Hoffalump! Hoff, Hoff, a Hellible Horralump! Holl, Holl, a Hoffable Hellerump!”
Piglet -
“When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun”
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“Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.”
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“Once you face and understand your limitations, you can work with them, instead of having them work against you and get in your way, which is what they do when you ignore them, whether you realize it or not. And then you will find that, in many cases, your limitations can also be your strengths.”
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
"You see, Pooh," I said, "a lot of people don't seem to know what Taoism is..."
Table of Contents edit
Forward: x
The How of Pooh? 1
The Tao of Who? 9
Spelling Tuesday 23
Cottleston Pie 37
The Pooh Way 67
Bisy Backson 91
That Sort of Bear 115
Nowhere and Nothing 141
The Now of Pooh 153
Backword 157
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Vinegar Tasters: Three great eastern thinkers, Confucius, the Buddha, and Laozi
- Wei Wu Wei: Effortless doing
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Taoism and Winnie-the-Pooh. (standard series)
Followed by The Te of Piglet.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Benjamin Hoff (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0140067477
Page Count: 176
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 0140067477
Page Count: 176
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- Dewey: 299.514
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