Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer

Contents

1. 1Transcendental Bliss34 paragraphs
2. 2The Identity of Contraries87 paragraphs
3. 3Nourishment of the Soul18 paragraphs
4. 4Man Among Men67 paragraphs
5. 5The Evidence of Virtue Complete50 paragraphs
6. 6The Great Supreme114 paragraphs
7. 7How to Govern35 paragraphs
8. 8Joined Toes24 paragraphs
9. 9Horses' Hoofs14 paragraphs
10. 10Opening Trunks41 paragraphs
11. 11On Letting Alone67 paragraphs
12. 12The Universe93 paragraphs
13. 13The Tao of God65 paragraphs
14. 14The Circling Sky78 paragraphs
15. 15Self-Conceit19 paragraphs
16. 16Exercise of Faculties16 paragraphs
17. 17Autumn Floods84 paragraphs
18. 18Perfect Happiness32 paragraphs
19. 19The Secret of Life78 paragraphs
20. 20Mountain Trees72 paragraphs
21. 21T'ien Tzŭ Fang80 paragraphs
22. 22Knowledge Travels North107 paragraphs
23. 23Kêng Sang Ch'u85 paragraphs
24. 24Hsü Wu Kuei138 paragraphs
25. 25Tsê Yang94 paragraphs
26. 26Contingencies63 paragraphs
27. 27Language28 paragraphs
28. 28On Declining Power103 paragraphs
29. 29Robber Chê102 paragraphs
30. 30On Swords38 paragraphs
31. 31The Old Fisherman62 paragraphs
32. 32Lieh Tzŭ66 paragraphs
33. 33The Empire91 paragraphs

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• Zhuangzi 12.1-263%Vast as is the universe, its phenomena are regular. Countless though its contents, the laws which govern these are uniform. Many though its inhabitants, that which dominates them is sovereignty. Sovereignty begins in virtue and ends in God. Therefore it is called divine. Of old, the empire was under the sovereignty of inaction. There was the virtue of God,--nothing more.3:6.2The Attributes of GodThe sovereignty of God is unlimited; it is the fundamental fact of all creation. The universe was not inevitable. The universe is not an accident, neither is it self-existent. The universe is a work of creation and is therefore wholly subject to the will of the Creator. The will of God is divine truth, living love; therefore are the perfecting creations of the evolutionary universes characterized by goodness — nearness to divinity; by potential evil — remoteness from divinity.
• Zhuangzi 33.50-5262%"He who when others strive for happiness is content with security, is said to aim at avoiding evil. "He who makes depth of fundamental importance and moderation his rule of life, is said to crush that which is hard within him and temper that which is sharp. "To be in liberal sympathy with all creation, and not to be aggressive towards one's fellow-men,--this may be called perfection."131:3.6The World’s Religions“The fool has said in his heart, ‘Evil shall not overtake me’; but safety is found only when the soul craves reproof and the mind seeks wisdom. The wise man is a noble soul who is friendly in the midst of his enemies, tranquil among the turbulent, and generous among the grasping. Love of self is like weeds in a goodly field. Selfishness leads to grief; perpetual care kills. The tamed mind yields happiness. He is the greatest of warriors who overcomes and subdues himself. Restraint in all things is good. He alone is a superior person who esteems virtue and is observant of his duty. Let not anger and hate master you. Speak harshly of no one. Contentment is the greatest wealth. What is given wisely is well saved. Do not to others those things you would not wish done to you. Pay good for evil; overcome evil with the good.
• Zhuangzi 24.93-9460%"In point of greatness, there is nothing to be compared with the universe. Yet what does the universe seek in order to be great? "He who understands greatness in this sense, seeks nothing, loses nothing, rejects nothing, never suffers injury from without. He takes refuge in his own inexhaustibility. He finds safety in according with his nature. This is the essence of true greatness."28:6.22Ministering Spirits of the SuperuniversesThe estimate of greatness varies from sphere to sphere. To be great is to be Godlike. And since the quality of greatness is wholly determined by the content of goodness, it follows that, even in your present human estate, if you can through grace become good, you are thereby becoming great. The more steadfastly you behold, and the more persistently you pursue, the concepts of divine goodness, the more certainly will you grow in greatness, in true magnitude of genuine survival character.

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Translator

Herbert A. Giles

Year

1889

Tradition

Taoist

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Public domain in the United States

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