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Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure
Yang Chu · Taoism · 4th century BCE
Translated by Anton Forke
20 chapters
The hedonist Taoist counter-tradition: Yang Chu's nineteen short essays on the vanity of fame, the brevity of conscious life, the art of pleasure, and the wisdom of contentment.
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Contents
- 1Introduction
- 2Chapter I: The Vanity Of Fame
- 3Chapter II: Real And False Greatness
- 4Chapter III: The Brevity Of Conscious Life
- 5Chapter IV: Death The Equaliser
- 6Chapter V: False Virtues
- 7Chapter VI: The Ideal Life
- 8Chapter VII: Duty To The Living And The Dead
- 9Chapter VIII: The Art Of Life
- 10Chapter IX: The Happy Voluptuaries
- 11Chapter X: The Joyous Life Of Tuan-Mu-Shu
- 12Chapter XI: The Folly Of Desire For Long Life
- 13Chapter XII: Self-Sacrifice And Self-Aggrandisement
- 14Chapter XIII: The Vanity Of Reputation
- 15Chapter XIV: Difficulty And Ease Of Government
- 16Chapter XV: All Things Pass
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