Beyond the Closed
Door: Chinese Culture and the Creation of T'ai Chi Ch'uan
By Arieh Lev Breslow. 397 pg., 6 1/4" x 9 1/2" paperback. This
book explains in clear layman's terms the evolution of Chinese culture and
how it has profoundly influenced the 1 billion, 200 million Chinese, who
comprise approximately one out of every four people living on this planet.
It does so by framing Chinese ideas in the context of Western thought, pointing
out the differences as well as the similarities. After reading Beyond the
Closed Door, despite the differences of East and West, one understands that
we share a common humanity. |