A Daoist Journey into China: journal of a voyage into the interior

An exploration of the 'dao' ('the Way'), this cultural journey book is set against a 10,000-mile unescorted trip through the China of the 1980s, a time before tinkling bicycles in the streets and typical family incomes of $20 per month were replaced with cars and high rises. On a meditational journey that took him to temples and monasteries, Schwartz relates 'the dao,' 'te' ('innate power') and other concepts to daily life.