Write a comparative essay of 2000 words on one of the following topics. Your assignment should be double spaced. Make certain that your documentation is complete and that you take every effort to acknowledge intellectual indebtedness. It is worth 30 per cent of your final grade for this course. Topic Choices Form and Tao Compare and contrast how the ideas of the Forms and the Tao are similar and different. Make sure to back up your discussion with textual evidence (quotes from Socrates and from Chuang Tzu). Use examples to explain your point. Confucius’ concept of Tao and Chuang Tzu’s concept of Tao One interesting fact about Chinese philosophy is that two different thinkers may be using the same concept but give them different meanings. In this assignment, compare and contrast how Confucius and Chuang Tzu use the same term, Tao (the Way). Refer to specific textual passages from both philosophers’ texts. (Hint: Confucius’s concept of the Tao is more socially oriented while that of Chuang Tzu is more nature-bound). Discuss the implications of their respective understandings of Tao. The chün tzu (gentleman) of Confucius and the chen jen (perfect man) of Chuang Tzu. Compare and contrast the ideal personality in both Confucius’ Analects and Chuang Tzu’s Basic Writings. You might want to consider which person you want to be as you examine these texts to help form a focus for your comparison.