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6 THE GREAT ANCESTRAL TEACHER

  • Tzu Chuang
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Wandering on the Way
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© University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS VII
  3. PREFACE 1998 IX
  4. PREFACE 1994 XI
  5. INTRODUCTION XVII
  6. NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION XLVII
  7. MAP OF CHINA CIRCA 330 B.C.E. LV
  8. INNER CHAPTERS
  9. 1 CAREFREE WANDERING 1
  10. 2 ON THE EQUALITY OF THINGS 10
  11. 3 ESSENTIALS FOR NURTURING LIFE 25
  12. 4 THE HUMAN WORLD 29
  13. 5 SYMBOLS OF INTEGRITY FULFILLED 42
  14. 6 THE GREAT ANCESTRAL TEACHER 51
  15. 7 RESPONSES FOR EMPERORS AND KINGS 66
  16. OUTER CHAPTERS
  17. 8 WEBBED TOES 73
  18. 9 HORSES' HOOVES 80
  19. 10 RANSACKING COFFERS 84
  20. 11 PRESERVING AND ACCEPTING 90
  21. 12 HEAVEN AND EARTH 102
  22. 13 THE WAY OF HEAVEN 119
  23. 14 HEAVENLY REVOLUTIONS 130
  24. 15 INGRAINED OPINIONS 144
  25. 16 MENDING NATURE 148
  26. 17 AUTUMN FLOODS 152
  27. 18 ULTIMATE JOY 166
  28. 19 UNDERSTANDING LIFE 174
  29. 20 THE MOUNTAIN TREE 185
  30. 21 S I R SQUARE FIELD 198
  31. 22 KNOWLEDGE WANDERS NORTH 210
  32. MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTERS
  33. 23 KENGSANG CH'U 223
  34. 24 GHOSTLESS HSÜ 237
  35. 25 SUNNY 254
  36. 26 EXTERNAL THINGS 268
  37. 27 METAPHORS 278
  38. 28 ABDICATING KINGSHIP 284
  39. 29 ROBBER FOOTPAD 298
  40. 30 DISCOURSING ON SWORDS 312
  41. 31 AN OLD FISHERMAN 317
  42. 32 LIEH YÜK'OU 324
  43. 33 ALL UNDER HEAVEN 333
  44. GLOSSARY
  45. NAMES 349
  46. PLACES 364
  47. TERMS AND ALLUSIONS 370
  48. BIBLIOGRAPHY 387
  49. DELETED PASSAGES 393
  50. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 401
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824842642-011

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. CONTENTS VII
  3. PREFACE 1998 IX
  4. PREFACE 1994 XI
  5. INTRODUCTION XVII
  6. NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION XLVII
  7. MAP OF CHINA CIRCA 330 B.C.E. LV
  8. INNER CHAPTERS
  9. 1 CAREFREE WANDERING 1
  10. 2 ON THE EQUALITY OF THINGS 10
  11. 3 ESSENTIALS FOR NURTURING LIFE 25
  12. 4 THE HUMAN WORLD 29
  13. 5 SYMBOLS OF INTEGRITY FULFILLED 42
  14. 6 THE GREAT ANCESTRAL TEACHER 51
  15. 7 RESPONSES FOR EMPERORS AND KINGS 66
  16. OUTER CHAPTERS
  17. 8 WEBBED TOES 73
  18. 9 HORSES' HOOVES 80
  19. 10 RANSACKING COFFERS 84
  20. 11 PRESERVING AND ACCEPTING 90
  21. 12 HEAVEN AND EARTH 102
  22. 13 THE WAY OF HEAVEN 119
  23. 14 HEAVENLY REVOLUTIONS 130
  24. 15 INGRAINED OPINIONS 144
  25. 16 MENDING NATURE 148
  26. 17 AUTUMN FLOODS 152
  27. 18 ULTIMATE JOY 166
  28. 19 UNDERSTANDING LIFE 174
  29. 20 THE MOUNTAIN TREE 185
  30. 21 S I R SQUARE FIELD 198
  31. 22 KNOWLEDGE WANDERS NORTH 210
  32. MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTERS
  33. 23 KENGSANG CH'U 223
  34. 24 GHOSTLESS HSÜ 237
  35. 25 SUNNY 254
  36. 26 EXTERNAL THINGS 268
  37. 27 METAPHORS 278
  38. 28 ABDICATING KINGSHIP 284
  39. 29 ROBBER FOOTPAD 298
  40. 30 DISCOURSING ON SWORDS 312
  41. 31 AN OLD FISHERMAN 317
  42. 32 LIEH YÜK'OU 324
  43. 33 ALL UNDER HEAVEN 333
  44. GLOSSARY
  45. NAMES 349
  46. PLACES 364
  47. TERMS AND ALLUSIONS 370
  48. BIBLIOGRAPHY 387
  49. DELETED PASSAGES 393
  50. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 401
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