This book, "Laughing About the Dao De Jing", isn't an academic study, and it doesn't get bogged down in word-by-word analysis. It turns Laozi's wisdom into jokes and everyday situations modern readers can relate to: How do you deal with cutthroat competition at work? How do you resolve family conflicts? How do you rein in too many desires? Laozi tucked the answers into those five thousand characters long ago. Let's treat it like opening a mystery box, unpacking it as we laugh. I guarantee that by the time you finish, you'll slap your thigh and say, "People from two thousand years ago had already seen through life!"
