Dedicated to the welfare of all sentient beings, Yun Rou (the name means Soft Cloud) has been called “the new Alan Watts” for his Daoist teachings and the “Zen Gabriel Garcia-Marquez” for his works of magical realism set in China. Born Arthur Rosenfeld in New York City, he received his academic background at Yale, Cornell, and the University of California and was officially ordained a Daoist monk in Guangzhou, China. His award-winning books, optioned for film in both Hollywood and Asia, bridge spirituality, philosophy, and history. Host of the National Public Television show Longevity Tai Chi, he is a forty-one-year kung fu master with students and followers around the world.