For other versions of this work, see Chuang Tzŭ.
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Chuang Tzŭ

Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer


TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE

BY

HERBERT A. GILES

H. B. M.'s Consul at Tamsui

道

London

BERNARD QUARITCH

1889

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CONTENTS.

Page
Introduction v
Note on the Philosophy of Chuang Tzŭ, by Canon Moore⁠ xviii
 
CHAPTER I — Transcendental Bliss 1
„ II — The Identity of Contraries 12
„ III — Nourishment of the Soul 33
„ IV — Man among Men 38
„ V — The Evidence of Virtue Complete 56
„ VI — The Great Supreme 68
„ VII — How To Govern 91
„ VIII — Joined Toes 99
„ IX — Horses' Hoofs 106
„ X — Opening Trunks 110
„ XI — On Letting Alone 119
„ XII — The Universe 135
„ XIII — The Tao of God 157
„ XIV — The Circling Sky 173
„ XV — Self-Conceit 190
„ XVI — Exercise of Faculties 195
„ XVII — Autumn Floods 200
„ XVIII — Perfect Happiness 220
„ XIX — The Secret of Life 229
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„ XX — Mountain Trees 245
„ XXI — T'ien Tzŭ Fang 261
„ XXII — Knowledge travels North⁠ 276
„ XXIII — Kêng Sang Ch'u 294
„ XXIV — Hsü Wu Kuei 311
„ XXV — Tsê Yang 335
„ XXVI — Contingencies 352
„ XXVII — Language 363
„ XXVIII — On Declining Power 370
„ XXIX — Robber Chê 387
„ XXX — On Swords 407
„ XXXI — The Old Fisherman 413
„ XXXII — Lieh Tzŭ 423
„ XXXIII — The Empire 437
Index 455
Errata and Addenda 466

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