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===="My words are very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice," but "straightforward words seem paradoxical..."

What does this mean? How does it come into play in The Tao of Pooh with regard to scholars?

Paradoxical sentences are hard to understand but also somewhat simple on the other hand. Moreover, due to the reason that simple directions are overly simple and clearly demonstrated of making sense, it might be confusing of following and putting into practice.

2) Read the poem on page 30. What does Pooh seem to think about scholars? How does that relate to the Taoist view of knowledge

Pooh rebukes scholars, and he believes that their intelligent in terms of having a lot of knowledge, but ironically dumb on the other hand. For example, Pooh demonstrates by pointing out how scholars would want to put the blame of innocence. In this reason, Pooh believes that scholars do not think but try to gain information and giving names to important matters. Thus, scholars are ignorant and also missing out the essential meaning of learning.