I'm reading Giles's Chuang Tzu on an e-book reader. The wait screens show great pencil drawings of gears and buildings, but the most fascinating one is of a little house at the foot of a mountain. A Japanese #老子 LaoTzu book (by #蜂屋邦夫) mentions ch80's ideal appearing in a #ChuangTzu episode. Had me wondering what a #はねつるべ is. The "well-sweep" in the picture of the hut in the BOOKS drawing! Ironic to see it between drawings of gears and a clocktower, given the moral of the episode.

#蜂屋邦夫 の #老子 にも
#荘子 の #天地編 が 登場します。 これで私は「荘子」を読みたくなりました。そしてJohn Berger の Pig Earth という 小説が思い浮べました。

#ChuangTzu #peasant #farmer #gardener #百姓