The Inner ChaptersThe Inner Chapters are the oldest pieces of the larger collection of writings by several fourth, third, and second century B.C. authors that constitute the classic of Taoism, the Chuang-Tzu (or Zhuangzi). It is this core of ancient writings that is ascribed to Chuang-Tzu himself. |
Contents
Chuangtzu and the origins of Taoism | 3 |
Spontaneity | 6 |
Rejection of logic | 9 |
Heaven and man | 15 |
The unifying vision | 20 |
Death and mutilation | 23 |
Language | 25 |
The book Chuangtzu and the problems of translation | 27 |
Stories about Chuangtzů | 116 |
The dialogues of Confucius and Old Tan | 126 |
The advantages of spontaneity | 135 |
the Great Man | 143 |
Knowledge roams north | 158 |
Utopia and the decline of government Menders of nature chapter 16 | 170 |
The cult of immortality | 176 |
The essentials of our nature and destiny | 181 |
Notes | 34 |
Finding List for the Chinese text | 36 |
the Inner chapters chapters 17 of Chuangtzu and passages related to the Inner chapters | 41 |
Going rambling without a destination Chuangtzů chapter 1 | 48 |
What matters in the nurture of life chapter 3 | 62 |
Worldly business among men chapter 4 | 66 |
The signs of fullness of Power chapter 5 | 76 |
The teacher who is the ultimate ancestor chapter 6 | 84 |
Responding to the Emperors and Kings chapter 7 | 94 |
Passages related to the Inner chapters | 100 |
PART THREE A School of Chuangtzu selection | 113 |
Stray ideas | 183 |
Miscellaneous | 189 |
Webbed toes Chuangtzů chapter 8 | 200 |
Rifling trunks chapter 10 | 207 |
Episodes related to the Primitivist essays | 214 |
Yielding the throne Chuangtzů chapter 28 | 224 |
Robber Chih chapter 29 | 234 |
The discourse on swords chapter 30 | 244 |
The Way of Heaven Chuangtzu chapter 13 introduction | 259 |
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