Deng Ming-Dao (born 1954, San Francisco) is a Chinese American author, artist, philosopher, teacher and
martial artist
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. Deng is his family name; Ming-Dao is his given name. From a young age, he studied
Taoist
Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ...
internal arts such as
Qigong
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and
Kung-Fu
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.
He is the author of ''365 Tao'', ''Everyday Tao'', ''Scholar Warrior'', and ''Chronicles of Tao''. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. "He studied qigong, philosophy, meditation, and internal martial arts with Taoist master
Kwan Saihung for thirteen years, and studied with two other masters before that." He is a "graphic designer and fine artist whose work is in several collections, including those of the Brooklyn Museum."
Publications
* ''The wandering Taoist''. Harper & Row; 1983. . Harpercollins Paperback; 1986. .
* ''Seven bamboo tablets of the cloudy satchel''. Harper & Row; 1987. . Harpercollins Paperback 1988. .
* ''Gateway to a Vast World''. Harpercollins; 1989. .
* ''Scholar Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life''. HarperOne; 1990. .
* ''365 Tao: Daily Meditations''. HarperSanFrancisco; 1992. .
* ''Chronicles of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master''. HarperOne; 1993. .
* ''Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony''. HarperOne; 1996. .
* ''Zen: The Art of Modern Eastern Cooking''. Pavilion Books; 2001. .
* ''Le Tao au jour le jour : 365 méditations taoïstes''. Albin Michel, Paris, Fr. 2002. .
* ''The Living I Ching: Using Ancient Chinese Wisdom to Shape Your Life''. HarperOne; 2006. .
* ''The Lunar Tao: Meditations in Harmony with the Seasons''. HarperOne; 2013. & .
* ''The Wisdom of the Tao: Ancient Stories That Delight, Inform, and Inspire''. Hampton Roads; 2018. & .
See also
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Taoism
Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...
*
Taoist meditation
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Chinese spiritual writers
Chinese Taoists
Living people
1954 births
American Taoists
American writers of Chinese descent
Writers from San Francisco
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