Lao Tzu's masterpiece, The Tao Te Ching, and selections of the writings of his great student and humorist Chuang Tzu, are offered. This is not a literalistic translation. By not being literalistic, we can say this is an approach. But, is "literalism" just one approach . . . and the approach born from somewhere deep within the Well known as "soul," a truer translation? So, this is a translation after all! It is offered in English, re-translated into Mandarin, has introductory materials, and closes with the original 81 verses of Lao Tzu non-translated.