Traditional Chinese culture rests upon the shoulders of three great sages, Confucius, the Buddha and Lao Tzu. Yun Rou's novel "Love Becomes Her" depicts this legendary figure, Lao Tzu, in search of a soulmate. Daoist Monk Yun Rou, his 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 education at Yale, Cornell and the University of California. Yun Rou and his wife live in the Tucson.
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