CHAPTER 1 XIAOYAO YOU [SPONTANEOUS FREE PLAY]

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE xi
5. INTRODUCTION xv
6. PART I THE SAYINGS OF MASTER ZHUANG, THE INNER CHAPTERS
7. CHAPTER 1 XIAOYAO YOU [SPONTANEOUS FREE PLAY] 1
8. CHAPTER 2 QI WU LUN [ON REGARDING ALL THINGS EQUAL] 19
9. CHAPTER 3 YANGSHENG ZHU [THE MASTERY OF NURTURING LIFE] 67
10. CHAPTER 4 RENJIAN SHI [THE WAYS OF THE WORLD] 76
11. CHAPTER 5 DECHONG FU [TALLY OF VIRTUE REPLETE] 105
12. CHAPTER 6 DA ZONGSHI [THE GREAT EXEMPLARY TEACHER] 126
13. CHAPTER 7 YING DIWANG [FIT TO BE SOVEREIGNS] 166
14. PART 2 THE SAYINGS OF MASTER ZHUANG, THE OUTER CHAPTERS
15. CHAPTER 8 PIANMU [WEBBED TOES] 177
16. CHAPTER 9 MATI [HORSES’ HOOVES] 191
17. CHAPTER 10 QUQUE [RANSACK CHESTS] 196
18. CHAPTER 11 ZAIYOU [LET THINGS FREELY BE] 207
19. CHAPTER 12 TIANDI [HEAVEN AND EARTH] 230
20. CHAPTER 13 TIANDAO [THE DAO OF HEAVEN] 255
21. CHAPTER 14 TIANYUN [THE REVOLVING OF HEAVEN] 272
22. CHAPTER 15 KEYI [HONING THE WILL] 294
23. CHAPTER 16 SHANXING [MENDING ONE’S ORIGINAL NATURE] 300
24. CHAPTER 17 QIUSHUI [AUTUMN FLOODS] 308
25. CHAPTER 18 ZHILE [PERFECT JOY] 330
26. CHAPTER 19 DASHENG [UNDERSTAND LIFE] 339
27. CHAPTER 20 SHANMU [THE MOUNTAIN TREE] 353
28. CHAPTER 21 TIAN ZIFANG 368
29. CHAPTER 22 ZHI BEIYOU [KNOWLEDGE WANDERS NORTH] 383
30. PART III THE SAYINGS OF MASTER ZHUANG, THE MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTERS
31. CHAPTER 23 GENGSANG CHU 403
32. CHAPTER 24 XU WUGUI [EASYGOING THE FEARLESS] 427
33. CHAPTER 25 ZEYANG 453
34. CHAPTER 26 WAIWU [EXTERNAL THINGS] 474
35. CHAPTER 27 YUYAN [WORDS ATTRIBUTED TO OTHERS] 485
36. CHAPTER 28 RANGWANG [REFUSING RULERSHIP] 495
37. CHAPTER 29 DAO ZHI [ROBBER ZHI] 507
38. CHAPTER 30 SHUOJIAN [DISCOURSE ON SWORDS] 520
39. CHAPTER 31 YUFU [THE OLD FISHERMAN] 524
40. CHAPTER 32 LIE YUKOU 530
41. CHAPTER 33 TIANXIA [ALL UNDER HEAVEN] 543
42. APPENDIX A PREFACES AND POSTSCRIPT 563
43. APPENDIX B LOST WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO GUO XIANG 575
44. APPENDIX C XIANG XIU AND GUO XIANG COMMENTS COMPARED 591
45. APPENDIX D SIMA QIAN, “BIOGRAPHY OF MASTER ZHUANG” 619
46. GLOSSARY OF TERMS 621
47. GLOSSARY OF PROPER NOUNS 639
48. BIBLIOGRAPHY 675
49. INDEX 689