Texts of Taoism: 001 - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0486209903 ISBN 13: 9780486209906

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 1962

These two volumes contain the complete James Legge translation of the sacred writings of the great mystical religion that for millennia has counterbalanced the official Confucianism of the Chinese state. Together with the Confucian canon, these writings have been avidly studied by generations of Chinese scholars and literary men and their place in the formation of Chinese civilization is central.
First published as volume xxxix and xl of Max M�ller's Sacred Books of the East series, these volumes contain the complete texts of the Tao Te Ching attributed to Lao Tz�; the writings of Chuang Tz�; and several shorter works; the T'ai Shang or Tractate of Actions and Their Retributions, the Ch'ing Chang Ching or Classic of Purity, the Yin Fu Ching of Classic of the Harmony of the Seen and Unseen, the Y� Shu Ching or Classic of the Pivot of jade, and the Hsia Yung Ching or Classic of the Directory for a Day. Many of these lesser documents are to be found in translation only in this collection.
Professor Legge, who held the chair in Chinese language and literature at Oxford for 20 years, introduces the collection with a discussion of differences among Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, the authorship of the Tao Te Ching, the real meaning of Tao in Chinese thought, and other backgrounds.
Orientalists and students of religion have long recognized this collection as indispensable. But laymen will find that the Tao Te Ching is not only profound but provocative and stimulating and that the parables and tales in the work of Chuang Tz� are delightful reading.

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PREFACE INTRODUCTION. I. WAS T�OISM OLDER THAN L�O-ZZE? Three Religions in China. Peculiarity of T�o The King. II. "THE TEXTS OF THE T�O THE KING AND KWANG-ZZE SH�, AS REGARDS THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND GENUINE-NESS, AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THEM" i. The T�o Teh King. "The Evidence of Sze-m� Khien, the historian ; of Lieh-zze, Han Fei-zze, and other T�oist writers ; and of Pan K�." The Catalougue of the Imperial Library of Han ; and that of the Sui dynasty. "The Commentaries of ' the old man of the Ho-side,' and of Wang P�." "Division into Parts and Chapters, and numbers of Characters in the Text." ii. The Writings of Kwang-zze. Importance to T�oism of those Writings The division of the Books into three Parts. Their general Title and its meaning. III. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME T�O? AND THE CHIEF POINTS OF BELIEF IN T�OISM Meaning of the name. Usage of the term Thien. Peculiar usage of it by Kwang-zze. Mr. Giles's view that the name ' God; is the equivalent of Thien. Relation of the T�o to the name T�. No idea of Creation-proper in T�oism. Man is composed of body and spirit. That the cultivation of the T�o promotes longevigty. Starting results of the T�o ; and how It proceeds by contraries. The paradisiacal state. The Decay of T�oism before the growth of knowledge. The moral and practical teachings of L�o-zze. Humility ; his three jewels ; that good is to be returned for evil. IV. ACCOUNTS OF L�O-ZZE AND KWANG-ZZE GIVEN BY SZE-M� KHIEN V. ON THE TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS Peculiar style and nature of the Treatise. Its date. Meaning of the Title. Was the old T�oism a Religion? The Kang family. Influence of Buddhism on T�oism. THE T�O TEH KING PART I (chapters i to xxxvii) 1. Embodying the T�o 2. The Nourishment of the Person 3. Keeping the People at Rest 4. The Fountainless 5. The Use of Emptiness 6. The Completion of Material Forms 7. Sheathing the Light 8. The Placid and Contented Nature 9. Fulness and Complacency contrary to the T�o 10. Possibilities through the T�o 11. The Use of what has no Substantive Existence 12. The Repression of the Desires 13. Loathing Shame 14. The Manifistation of the Mystery 15. The Exhibition of the Qualities of the T�o 16. Returning to the Root 17. The Unadulterated Influence 18. The Decay of Manners 19. Returning to the Unadulterated Influence 20. Being different from Ordinary Men 21. "The Empty Heart, or the T�o in its Operation" 22. The Increase granted to Humility 23. Absolute Vacancy 24. Painful Graciousness 25. Representations of the Mystery 26. The Quality of Gravity 27. Dexterity in Using the T�o 28. Returning to Simplicity 29. Taking no Action 30. A Caveat against War 31. Stilling War 32. The T�o with no name 33. Discriminating between Attributes 34. The Task of Achievement 35. The Attribute of Benevolence 36. Minimising the Light 37. The Exercise of Government PART II (Chapters xxxviii to lxxxi) 38. About the Attributes of the T�o 39. The Origin of the Law 40. Dispensing with the Use (of Means) 41. Sameness and Difference 42. The Transformations of the T�o 43. The Universal Use (of the Action in Weakness of the T�o 44. Cautions 45. Great or Overflowing Virtue 46. The Moderating of Desire or Ambition 47. Surveying wat is Far-off 48. Forgetting Knowledge 49. The Quality of Indulgence 50. The Value set on Life 51. The Operation (of T�o) in Nourishing Things 52. Returning to the Source 53. Increase of Evidence 54. "The Cultivation (of the T�o), and the Observation (of its Effects)" 55. The Mysterious Charm 56. The Mysterious Excellence 57. The Genuine Influence 58. Transformation according to Circumstances 59. Guarding the T�o 60. Occupying the Throne 61. The Attribute of Humility 62. Practising the T�o 63. Thinking in the Beginning 64. Guarding the Minute 65. "Pure, unmixed Excellence" 66. Putting One's Self Last 67. Three Precious Things 68. Matching Heaven 69. The Use of the Mysterious (T�o) 70. The Difficulty of being (rightly) Known 71. The Disease of Knowing 72. Loving One's Selef 73. Allowing Men to take their Course 74. Restraining Delusion 75. How Greediness Injures 76. A Warning against (Trusting in) Strength 77. The Way of Heaven 78. Things to be Believed 79. Adherence to Bond or Covenant 80. Standing Alone 81. The Manifestation of Simplicity THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-?ZE. INTRODUCTION. BRIEF NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS PART I. I.i. "Hsi�o-y�o Y�, or Enjoyment in Untroubled Ease" II.ii. "Kh� W� Lun, or the Adjustment of Controversies" III.iii. "Yang Shang K�, or Nourishing the Lord of Life" IV.iv. "Zan Kien Shih, or Man in the World, Associated with other Men" V.v. "Teh Khung F�, or the Seal of Virtue Complete" VI.vi. "T� ?ung Shih, or the Great and Most Honoured Master" VII.vii. "Ying T� Wang, or the Normal Course for Rulers and Kings" PART II. VIII.i. "Phien M�u, or Webbed Toes" IX.ii. "M� Th�, or Horse's Hoofs" X.iii. "Kh� Khieh, or Cutting Open Satchels" XI.iv. "?�i Y�, or Letting Be, and Exercising Forbearence" XII.v. "Thien T�, or Heaven and Earth" XIII.vi. "Thien T�o, or the Way of Heaven" XIV.vii. "Thien Y�n, or the Revolution of Heaven" XV.viii. "Kho �, or Ingrained Ideas" XVI.ix. "Shan Hsing, or Correcting the Nature" XVII.x. "Khi� Shui, or the Floods of Autumn" Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East

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Volume 1 of sacred writings of mystical Chinese religion reveal Tao, the way - the key to living an obstacle-free life. Based on wu-wei, taking no unnatural action, it would make individual existence like the flow of water with no obstacles to impede. Famed Sinologist here offers standard English version of major Taoist writings.

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