Reviews for Watching the tree to catch a hare

The average rating for Watching the tree to catch a hare based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-02-25 00:00:00 Laurie Maclennan 3.5 stars. Parts of this book definitely deserved a five star rating and other parts seemed to lack structure, were repetitive, dry and quite hard to get through. It is quite unlike her other work, which was extremely readable. However I'm really glad I stuck with it as I found the last few chapters the most interesting and thought provoking. Essentially this is a look at Chinese culture, philosophy and history with some snapshots of the authors life and other works thrown in.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-05 00:00:00 Mark Myers This book is my East Asian Philosophy 101 course. A broad yet definitive guide to Chinese culture. I loved her grandfather's comment about how Chinese wear Confucian thinking caps, Taoist robes, and Buddhist sandals (skeptical of religions.) Her grandfather knows me better than I know myself lol And I instinctively follow all these Chinese ideologies without ever having studied any of those immense texts like I Ching, Tao Te Ching, or the Analects of Confucius although I remember bugging my mom about it when I was young. She didn't care for these things so she wasn't much help. I love the idea that Buddhism is not a religion in the Western sense of the word, but rather a way to an awakened state. And I'm fascinated by the I Ching, despite its occult/black magic background. I'm buying the Willhelm translation. I also absolutely love and wish I had as grounded and strong minded an aunt as hers. She rescued Adeline over and over and set her on the right path to happiness. I will be referencing that letter about having differences with your parents and letting yourself grow as an individual. this has been my all-time favorite book. it's also very closely connected to who I am and where I come from.