Jason+Cho

1. Finish up Scholarship and Knowledge

"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? This means that Taoism is very easy to put in the practice because of how easily it can be comprehended, but the directions are so simple that they appear to be more than what they actually mean. This comes into play in The Tao of Pooh because the animals don't know exactly what the right thing is because it seems too simple.

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 seems to think that scholars are very boring and too thoughtful. They ponder about things that should just be looked past in life, because they are tedious little details in life that should be left unanswered. He thinks that they cannot live life during any day of the week because they question the fundamentals of life constantly. This related to the Taoist view of knowledge because Taoists believe that knowledge keeps one from living life as it was meant to be lived. media type="youtube" key="gXqZ0dkM4M4&hl=en&fs=1" height="344"