Winnie-the-Pooh himself, for example, personifies the principles of wu wei, the Taoist concept of "effortless doing," and pu, the concept of being open to, but unburdened by, experience, and it is also a metaphor for natural human nature. Hoff uses many of Milne's characters to symbolize ideas that differ from or accentuate Taoist tenets.
Milne's stories as characters that interact with him while he writes The Tao of Pooh, but also quotes excerpts of their tales from Milne's actual books Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, in order to exemplify his points to the reader and the characters. Hoff presents Winnie-the-Pooh and related others from A. Then the story unfolds backing up this analogy. Each tasting the vinegar of "life," Confucius finds it sour, the Buddha finds it bitter, but Laozi, the traditional founder of Taoism, finds it satisfying. The book starts with a description of the vinegar tasters, which is a painting portraying the three great eastern thinkers, Confucius, the Buddha, and Laozi over a vat of vinegar. Over a million copies sold.A traditional representation of "The Vinegar Tasters". Follow the Pooh Way in this humorous and enlightening introduction to Taoism, with classic decorations by E.H.Shepard throughout. asked Pooh.Winnie-the-Pooh has a certain way about him, a way of doing things that has made him the world's most beloved bear, and Pooh's Way, as Benjamin Hoff brilliantly demonstrates, seems strangely close to the ancient Chinese principles of Taoism.
"It's about how to stay happy and calm under all circumstances!. asked Pooh, leaning forward and smearing another word. I replied, poking his paw away with my pencil. asked Pooh, smudging one of the words I had just written. asked Pooh, climbing onto the writing table.
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