Kingfisherish Wandering

Nam Hua Jing and Wild Wise Weird share striking similarities in illuminating the path toward Dao, yet each follows its own distinctive rhythm and expression. Thanks to the nature-loving, free-spirited, tolerant, and open-minded parables and allegories—imbued with profound uncertainties—found in Nam Hua Jing, the deep wisdom of Laozi’s Dao De Jing becomes more tangible and accessible. Wild Wise Weird, with the humor, satire, and high ecological intelligence woven throughout, serves as a conduit guiding readers to recognize the absurdities within their own thinking, transcend personal greed and desire, and gently return to the pure essence of Dao.

This book is a collection of short dialogues and allegories centered on imagined conversations between two philosophers across time and consciousness: Zhuangzi, the sage of Nam Hua Jing, and Kingfisher, the protagonist of Wild Wise Weird. The former is a philosopher of uncertainty; the latter, a philosopher of absurdity. When these two wanderers meet, their exchange is not an argument but a natural rhythm—spontaneous, unforced, and harmonious.

Through conversations, I hope readers will find moments to wander freely within their own minds, to question uncertainty with ease, to smile at absurdity, and to experience—even if only for a fleeting instant—the primordial essence of Dao.