Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu

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University of Hawaii Press, 01.04.2000 - 464 Seiten
In this vivid, contemporary translation, Victor Mair captures the quintessential life and spirit of Chuang Tzu while remaining faithful to the original text.
 

Inhalt

PREFACE 1998
ix
PREFACE 1994
xi
INTRODUCTION
xvii
NOTES ON THE TRANSLATION
xlvii
MAP OF CHINA CIRCA 330 B C E
lv
INNER CHAPTERS
1
Carefree Wandering
3
On the Equality of Things ΙΟ
10
Ultimate Joy
166
Understanding Life
174
The Mountain Tree
185
Sir Square Field
198
Knowledge Wanders North
210
MISCELLANEOUS CHAPTERS
223
Kengsang Chu
225
Ghostless Hsü
237

Essentials for Nurturing Life
25
The Human World
29
Symbols of Integrity Fulfilled
42
The Great Ancestral Teacher
51
Responses for Emperors and Kings
66
OUTER CHAPTERS
73
Webbed Toes
75
Horses Hooves
80
Ransacking Coffers
84
Preserving and Accepting
90
Heaven and Earth
102
The Way of Heaven
119
Heavenly Revolutions
130
Ingrained Opinions
144
Mending Nature
148
Autumn Floods
152
Sunny
254
External Things
268
Metaphors
278
Abdicating Kingship
284
Robber Footpad
298
Discoursing on Swords
312
An Old Fisherman
317
Lieh Yükou
324
All Under Heaven
333
GLOSSARY Names
349
Places
364
Terms and Allusions
370
BIBLIOGRAPHY
387
DELETED PASSAGES
393
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
401

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Victor H. Mair is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania.

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