Mystery of Dao [道]

Mystery of Dao [] is a narrative poem in the tercet stanza. It unfolds a private, personal tale of a conscientious wayfarer who tries to find possible relevance of the ancient Chinese books of wisdom on the mysterious and esoteric Dao [] in the mundane journey of our workaday life. The tale has two parts: Song 1: 'Inner Voice of a Brook' is a simple fable in which a man converses with a brook. It was inspired by Dao De Jing []-attributed to the legendary Old Sage: Lao Zi [] (6th-5th Century BCE). Song 2: 'Fables of a Dreaming Butterfly' is a fable in which the ancient Chinese sage, Zhuang Zhou, transformed as a dreaming butterfly, converses with a rose. It was inspired by the Inner Chapters of Zhuangzi []-attributed to Zhuang Zhou [] (c.369 - c.286 BCE).