Chuang Tzŭ (Giles)

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The Zhuangzi (or Chuang Tzŭ; Chinese: 莊子) is a work from China in the late 3rd century BC. It contains stories and anecdotes that exemplify the carefree nature of the ideal Daoist sage. Named for its traditional author, "Master Zhuang", the Zhuangzi is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism, along with the Laozi (Dao De Jing). Warning: template has been deprecated.

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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

London

BERNARD QUARITCH

1889

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
„	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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