Tao: The Watercourse Way

By Alan Watts and Chungliang Al Huang

Watts's final book, left unfinished at his death in 1973 and completed by his collaborator Al Chung-liang Huang, who also supplied the calligraphy. It is his fullest treatment of Taoism — the Chinese written language, yin and yang, and above all wu-wei, the art of moving with the grain of things rather than against it. A fitting last word from a writer who spent his life arguing for flow over force.