In an effort to decide how I wanted to approach this paper, I decided to search the Internet to see what today's world held for me on the matters of Chinese Philosophy. One quote describing Chuang Tzu, the topic of my research paper, stuck out. In describing what this person thought was the overlying teachings of Chuang Tzu he stated, "The individual could attain mystical unity with this One by achieving complete emptiness or hsü -a timeless state free of worries or selfish desires, open to impressions but transcending all individual material objects." This is what truly made the biggest impression on me from our seminar class. Now, I know that in the beginning of the class we