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1 online resource (528 pages) |
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Hackett Classics |
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Hackett classics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Chuang-Tzǔ; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright; Titles of Related Interest Available from Hackett Publishing; Contents; Conversion Table; Preface; PART ONE Introduction; 1 Chuang-tzŭ and the origins of Taoism; 2 Spontaneity; 3 Rejection of logic; 4 Heaven and man; 5 The unifying vision; 6 Death and mutilation; 7 Language; 8 The book Chuang-tzŭ and the problems of translation; Notes; Finding List for the Chinese text; PART TWO The writings of Chuang-tzŭ: the Inner chapters (chapters 1-7) of Chuang-tzŭ and passages related to the Inner chapters |
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1 Going rambling without a destination (Chuang-tzŭ, chapter 1)2 The sorting which evens things out (chapter 2); 3 What matters in the nurture of life (chapter 3); 4 Worldly business among men (chapter 4); 5 The signs of fullness of Power (chapter 5); 6 The teacher who is the ultimate ancestor (chapter 6); 7 Responding to the Emperors and Kings (chapter 7); 8 Passages related to the Inner chapters; PART THREE A 'School of Chuang-tzŭ' selection; 1 Stories about Chuang-tzŭ; 2 The dialogues of Confucius and Old Tan; 3 The advantages of spontaneity; 4 Rationalising the Way: the 'Great Man' |
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5 Irrationalising the Way: 'Knowledge roams north'6 Utopia and the decline of government ('Menders of nature', chapter 16); 7 The cult of immortality; 8 'The essentials of our nature and destiny'; 9 Stray ideas; 1 Evolution; 2 Self-alienation; 3 Down with technology!; 4 It isn't his fault, it's society; 10 Miscellaneous; Notes; PART FOUR The essays of the Primitivist and episodes related to them; 1 Webbed toes (Chuang-tzŭ, chapter 8); 2 Horses' hooves (chapter 9); 3 Rifling trunks (chapter 10); 4 Keep it in place and within bounds (chapter 11, introduction) |
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5 Episodes related to the Primitivist essaysNotes; PART FIVE The Yangist miscellany; 1 Yielding the throne (Chuang-tzŭ, chapter 28); 2 Robber Chih (chapter 29); 3 The discourse on swords (chapter 30); 4 The old fisherman (chapter 31); Notes; PART SIX The Syncretist writings; 1 The Way of Heaven (Chuang-tzŭ, chapter 13, introduction); 2 Finicky notions (chapter 15); 3 Syncretist fragments; 4 Three rhapsodies on the way; 5 Below in the empire (chapter 33); Notes; List of Characters; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
The 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Taoism.
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Taoism.
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Taoism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Graham, A. C
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| ISBN |
9781624662249 |
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1624662242 |
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