1. A Bisy Backson can be compared to a person who runs around trying to escape his shadow and his footprints. He does this because he craves a solution to this problem and cannot live with himself until he solves the problem. He may even do this until he dies, as the book suggests. A Taoist will be simple and wander into the shade where his shadow will disappear. He will stand still and let his footprints disappear too. This is the author's example of how we should be more like the Taoist and not like the Backson.
             2. The correct order is: a, e, f, b, d, c, h, g. This story illustrates the fact that everyone is special because it shows that no matter how important one profession may seem, another profession conquers over it, and as professions keep conquering each other, one finds that all professions are special.
             3. T'zu is Lao-tse's first love and what a person needs to have wisdom. It is heart, or compassion. If a person is brave and has courage in Taoist, then he or she will be successful even under a lot of pressure. T'zu is a believe in yourself that one must have in Taoism to be happy and well-off in a Taoist life.
             4. The Empty Mind would discover the way according to T'ai Hsü. He sees only what is before him and therefore can stumble upon the way easily. Meanwhile, while the others may seem like good candidates, they would spend too much time analyzing the situation and "thinking about how to think about it" to find the way.
             5. One must lose knowledge in Taoism. This is important because if someone loses knowledge, then they are without it and they have found the way. They cannot complicate their lives with other things, for they are at peace with the world.
             1. In Taoism, the snowball effect is that if you do something good, other people will do good. The "goodness" will keep bundling up until everyone does it and it is uncontrollable. In Hinduism, karma is you doing a good thing and a good thing happening to y...