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Musings of a Chinese Mystic
Chuang Tzu · Taoism · 4th century BCE
Translated by Lionel Giles
15 chapters
Lionel Giles's 1909 anthology of Chuang Tzu — topical selections on relativity, the identity of contraries, illusion, the immanence of Tao, non-interference, the immortality of the soul, and the sage.
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Contents
- 1Note
- 2Editorial Note
- 3Introduction
- 4The Doctrine of Relativity
- 5The Identity of Contraries
- 6Illusions
- 7The Mysterious Immanence of Tao
- 8The Hidden Spring
- 9Non-Interference With Nature
- 10Passive Virtue
- 11Self-Adaptation to Externals
- 12Immortality of the Soul
- 13The Sage, or Perfect Man
- 14Random Gleanings
- 15Personal Anecdotes
