Musings of a Chinese Mystic
20 chapters English Public domain
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This short collection of texts featuring Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi), the Taoist sage, is a good introduction to the core concepts of the Taoist worldview. The author, Lionel Giles, was an eminent Victorian scholar of Chinese society, who, most notably, also translated Sun Tsu's Art of War.
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20 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 Note 05 Editorial Note 06 Introduction 07 The Doctrine of Relativity 08 The Identity of Contraries 09 Illusions 10 The Mysterious Immanence of Tao 11 The Hidden Spring 12 Non-Interference With Nature 13 Passive Virtue 14 Self-Adaptation to Externals 15 Immortality of the Soul 16 The Sage, or Perfect Man 17 Random Gleanings 18 Personal Anecdotes 19 Advertisements 20 Special Pages: Errata
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Musings of a Chinese Mystic
20 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This short collection of texts featuring Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi), the Taoist sage, is a good introduction to the core concepts of the Taoist worldview. The author, Lionel Giles, was an eminent Victorian scholar of Chinese society, who, most notably, also translated Sun Tsu's Art of War.
Table of contents
20 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 Note 05 Editorial Note 06 Introduction 07 The Doctrine of Relativity 08 The Identity of Contraries 09 Illusions 10 The Mysterious Immanence of Tao 11 The Hidden Spring 12 Non-Interference With Nature 13 Passive Virtue 14 Self-Adaptation to Externals 15 Immortality of the Soul 16 The Sage, or Perfect Man 17 Random Gleanings 18 Personal Anecdotes 19 Advertisements 20 Special Pages: Errata
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Musings of a Chinese Mystic
20 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This short collection of texts featuring Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi), the Taoist sage, is a good introduction to the core concepts of the Taoist worldview. The author, Lionel Giles, was an eminent Victorian scholar of Chinese society, who, most notably, also translated Sun Tsu's Art of War.
Table of contents
20 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Page Index 03 Contents 04 Note 05 Editorial Note 06 Introduction 07 The Doctrine of Relativity 08 The Identity of Contraries 09 Illusions 10 The Mysterious Immanence of Tao 11 The Hidden Spring 12 Non-Interference With Nature 13 Passive Virtue 14 Self-Adaptation to Externals 15 Immortality of the Soul 16 The Sage, or Perfect Man 17 Random Gleanings 18 Personal Anecdotes 19 Advertisements 20 Special Pages: Errata
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