"It is usually translated as the reason or the principle of things, however the best translation of li is organic pattern. When you look at the clouds they are not symmetrical. They do not form fours and they do not come along in cubes, but you know at once they are not a mess." Alan Watts, The Tao of Philosophy | The Language of Metaphor | | Table of Contents | Susan Gwartney sooziqueue@yahoo.com Site last updated: February 24, 2001