The Tao of Pooh - English and Philosophy

[Pages:173]The Tao of Pooh

Benjamin Hoff

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THE TAO OF POOH

Benjamin Hoff is an Oregon writer, photographer, musician, and composer with a fondness for Forests and Bears. A Bachelor of Arts (he thinks his degree was in Asian Art, hut then, he hasn't looked at it for a while, and it may not be), he was until recently a Japanese-trained fine pruning specialist. He now writes full time. Well, most of the time. The rest of the time he practices Taoist yoga, Tai Chi Ch'uan, stunt kite-flying, boomerang shaping and (ouch!) throwing, and Taoist tennis, whatever that is. He also enjoys sleeping and lying about on the floor.

He is the author of The Tao of Pooh, The Te of Piglet, and The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow: The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley (all of which are available in Penguin).

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THE TAO OF POOH

Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard PENGUIN BOOKS

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Penguin Books Ltd, Registered Offices: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England First published in the United States of America by E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1882

First published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited 1982

Published in Penguin Books 1983 SO 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 Copyright ? Benjamin Hoff, 1982

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Hoff, Benjamin, 1946The Tao of Pooh.

Originally published: New York: Dutton, cl982. 1. Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956--Characters--

Winnie the Pooh. 2. Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956-- Religion and ethics. 3. Taoism in literature.

4. Taoism. I. Title. [PR6025.I65Z68 1983] 828'.91209 82-24660

ISBN 0 14 00.6747 7

Printed in the United States of America Set in Linotype Caledonia

Individual copyrights for text quotations and illustrations: Winnte-thePooh copyright 1926 by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; copyright renewed 1953 by A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Comer copyright 1928 by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.; copyright ? renewed A. A. Milne, 1956. Grateful acknowledgment is made to The Trustees of the Pooh Properties for the use of illustrations by Ernest H, Shepard and quoted material by A. A. Milne. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

For Han Hsiang-tse

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