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their own inclination and desires, and after death werecalled fools and tyrants. Yet reality is nothing that canbe given by reputation.“Ignorant of censure and unconscious of praise, theydiffered in no respect from the stump of a tree or a clodof earth.“The four sages, though objects of admiration, weretroubled up to their very end, and were equally and alikedoomed to die.“The two villains, though detested and hated by many,remained in high spirits up to the very end, and they toowere equally doomed to die."
Chapter 14. Difficulty And Ease Of GovernmentYANG CHU had an audience with the King of Leang.Yang Chu said: “To govern the world is as easy as to turnround the palm of the hand."The King of Leang said:“You have a wife and a concubine, Master, but are unableto govern them. You have a garden of three acres, but areunable to weed it. How then can you say that governingthe world is like turning round the palm of the hand?"Yang Chu said:“Observe, your Majesty, the shepherds. One allows aboy only five feet high to shoulder a whip and drive ahundred sheep. He wants them to go eastward, and theyobey him, or westward, and they obey him. Now let Yaodrag a sheep, and Shen follow with a whip, and they willnever advance a yard. Fishes that swallow ships do notenter into small rivers.“Wild geese that soar on high do not light on lowmarshes, but are borne over in their flights. The notes Cand Cis do not harmonise with brisk and lively airs, for
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LAOZIContentsTao In Its Transcenden
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Tao eludes the sense of sight, and
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life, and it rejects them not. Its
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Heaven's net is vast; though its me
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Tao, he endures for ever. Though hi
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of agriculture. If Tao does not pre
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The skilful philosophers of the old
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epose? But let time go on, and the
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L Humilityowliness AndLL things in
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What makes a kingdom great is its b
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GovernmentNOT exalting worth keeps
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If the government is sluggish and t
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people return to the use of knotted
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prizes. When he conquers, he is not
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Thirty spokes unite in one nave; th
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He who acts, destroys; he who grasp
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He who prides himself upon wealth a
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The course of things is such that w
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Even if a man is bad, how can it be
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This is the Way of Heaven, which be
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ZHUANGZIContentsThe Doctrine of Rel
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going up ninety thousand li in orde
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seen the great ocean, you know your
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he Identity ofTContraries1.TZu CH'I
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we cannot see its form. It has func
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intellect in an obstinate adherence
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dream they are dreaming; and only w
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TTaohe MysteriousImmanence of1.THE
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without thickness into such an inte
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prevented him from seeing my pent-u
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4.Books are what the world values a
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6.Lieh Yu K'ou instructed Po Hun Wu
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The Hidden Spring1.TAO has its laws
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4.The universe is very beautiful, y
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6.“Chi Chen," said Shao Chih, “
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8.Life has its distinctions; but in
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The potter says: “I can do what I
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Passive Virtue1.YEN HUI [1] went to
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seem to follow the dictates of his
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may protect men's bodies. He has at
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3.“Tell me," said Lao Tzu, “in
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S Externalself-Adaptation To1.YEN H
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2.For travelling by water there is
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him in the administration of the em
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principles, increasing the sum of h
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none of these. Would you like to he
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4.With the truly wise, wisdom is a
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without calculation, not seeking to
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7.The repose of the Sage is not wha
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Random Gleanings1.TAKE no heed of t
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7.Is Confucius a Sage, or is he not
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13.By inaction one can become the c
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17.The men of this world all rejoic
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23.Charity and duty to one's neighb
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28.The Grand Augur, in his ceremoni
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know not how. You are at rest, but
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37.Discard the stimuli of purpose.
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42.When Chu Po Yu reached his sixti
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46.Man has for himself a spacious d
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ersonalPAnecdotes1.CHUANG TZu was f
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“You not being a fish yourself,"
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“We fear," argued the disciples,
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1天瑞Tian RuiHeaven's GiftsThe C
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itself untouched by evolution. Self
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function to teach others and to inf
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from the standpoint of the Absolute
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that belongs to Earth is dense and
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scholar, death the appointed end fo
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life, holds cleverness and capacity
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us by their impact."“But what if
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The third year, I reaped a great ha
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same time which of us is not a thie
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practice of enlightened virtue will
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on high, the people bewailed him fo
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as one, is still not so good as pas
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high favour with the prince of Chin
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can walk through the midst of these
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The Animal TamerTHE KEEPER of Anima
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Gulls in MindTHERE WAS once a man,
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The incident came to the ears of Ma
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Chou of the Yin, Huan of the Lu Sta
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endowed with blood and breath. And
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stranger has carried me away by his
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gratification. The magician, howeve
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freshness. He asked where he had co
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the fact that his own body is an il
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description, and subjected to every
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deer, but wrongly took the dream to
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space of seven days no one knew wha
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4仲尼Zhong NiConfuciusWho is wis
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Then he said to himself: “Confuci
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mind to be occupied with the extern
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Page 197 and 198: Emperor T'ang's Second QuestionT'an
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Page 201 and 202: The Change of HeartsKUNG-HU of Lu a
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Page 205 and 206: The loan of the good swordHEI LUAN
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Page 209 and 210: 6力命Li MingEffort & DestinyFate
Page 211 and 212: Doctor knowledgeYANG CHU had a frie
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Page 257 and 258: “Yes," said Lieh Tzu, “I do."
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Page 271 and 272: True KindnessTHE GOOD PEOPLE of Han
Page 273 and 274: The AxeA MAN, having lost his axe,
Page 275: sourcesLAOZIThe Book of Lao Tzutran
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