| Introduction: Reading Lieh-Tzu |
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| Part One: The Gifts of Heaven |
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24 | (1) |
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That which is not born gives birth to everything |
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25 | (3) |
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All things are connected and come from the same origin |
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28 | (2) |
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Heaven and earth have their strengths and weaknesses |
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30 | (2) |
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32 | (1) |
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Shadows, sounds, and ghosts |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (2) |
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Life is hard work, death is rest |
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37 | (4) |
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41 | (1) |
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Are things growing or decaying? |
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42 | (1) |
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Worrying that the sky will fall |
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43 | (2) |
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Life that is borrowed, wealth that is stolen |
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45 | (6) |
| Part Two: The Yellow Emperor |
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50 | (1) |
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The Yellow Emperor visits the immortal lands |
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51 | (3) |
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Riding on the wind, floating with the clouds |
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54 | (2) |
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The art of staying under water and walking through fire |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (2) |
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The art of steering a boat |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (2) |
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The man who could walk through fire |
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67 | (2) |
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Lieh-tzu and the sorcerer |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (2) |
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What is there to appearances? |
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76 | (2) |
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Softness and hardness, yielding and resisting |
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78 | (7) |
| Part Three: King Mu of Ch'ou |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (2) |
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90 | (3) |
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The truth about happiness and misery |
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93 | (2) |
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What is real and what is unreal? |
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95 | (2) |
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The man who lost his memory |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (2) |
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The man who got upset over nothing |
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101 | (4) |
| Part Four: Confucius |
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104 | (1) |
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True happiness and contentment |
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105 | (3) |
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Seeing with ears and hearing with eyes |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (2) |
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112 | (1) |
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The man with a wooden face |
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113 | (2) |
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The art of traveling and sightseeing |
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115 | (1) |
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Lung-shu's strange illness |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (1) |
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There are some things that you just can't fight |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (2) |
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122 | (2) |
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The strange arguments of Kung-sun Lung |
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124 | (3) |
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127 | (4) |
| Part Five: The Questions of Tang |
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130 | (1) |
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Where do things come from? |
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131 | (1) |
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The man who tried to move mountains |
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132 | (2) |
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The man who tried to chase down the sun |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (3) |
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Strange customs in strange countries |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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Exchanging hearts and minds |
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142 | (2) |
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Musician Wen learns to play the lute |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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Learning the art of archery |
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151 | (3) |
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154 | (2) |
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156 | (5) |
| Part Six: Effort and Destiny |
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160 | (1) |
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Effort argues with Destiny |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (3) |
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The friendship of Kuan-chung and Pao Shu-ya |
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166 | (5) |
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Are life and death a matter of effort or destiny? |
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171 | (2) |
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An average doctor, a good doctor, and an ingenious doctor |
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173 | (2) |
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Yang-chu talks about destiny |
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175 | (2) |
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We cannot know people who are different from us |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (2) |
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The king who was greedy about life and afraid of death |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (4) |
| Part Seven: Yang-chu |
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186 | (1) |
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A name is nothing and titles are empty |
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187 | (3) |
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Life---temporarily staying in the world; death---temporarily leaving |
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190 | (2) |
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In life there may be differences; in death everything is the same |
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192 | (1) |
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Riches can injure you, but poverty can also hurt you |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (2) |
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A madman or an enlightened man? |
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196 | (2) |
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What damages health more---unrestricted pleasure or obsessive hard work? |
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198 | (3) |
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Everyone must die sometime |
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201 | (1) |
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Would you sacrifice a strand of hair to benefit the world? |
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202 | (2) |
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Ruling a country is like tending a flock of sheep |
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204 | (1) |
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Things are not as permanent as we think they are |
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205 | (2) |
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Longevity, fame, social status, and wealth |
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207 | (4) |
| Part Eight: Explaining Coincidences |
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210 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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Why do people follow the path of the Tao? |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Choosing the right person for the job |
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214 | (1) |
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Can we compete with nature? |
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215 | (1) |
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Someone's words can make or break you |
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216 | (1) |
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Being at the right place at the right time |
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217 | (2) |
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If I can step on someone, someone else can step on me |
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219 | (1) |
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To solve a problem, you need to remove the cause, not the symptom |
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220 | (2) |
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222 | (1) |
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The best way to keep a secret is not to talk |
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223 | (1) |
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Those who succeed are not excited about success; those who know do not display their knowledge |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (2) |
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228 | (1) |
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Seeing beyond appearances |
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229 | (2) |
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Managing your life and governing a country |
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231 | (1) |
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Rank, wealth, and ability can get you into trouble |
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232 | (1) |
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You cannot apply one principle to all conditions |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (1) |
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Confusing name and reality |
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236 | (1) |
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To die for someone who values you is natural |
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237 | (1) |
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Confused by too many alternatives |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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Capture and release---an act of compassion or cruelty? |
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243 | (1) |
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Who was created for whom to eat? |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (2) |
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Those who are involved are muddled; those who watch are clear |
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