Texts of Taoism, Part I (eBook)

PREFACEINTRODUCTION.I. WAS TÂOISM OLDER THAN LÂO-ZZE? Three Religions in China. Peculiarity of Tâo The King.II. "THE TEXTS OF THE TÂO THE KING AND KWANG-ZZE SHÛ, AS REGARDS THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND GENUINE-NESS, AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THEM" i. The Tâo Teh King. "The Evidence of Sze-mâ Khien, the historian ; of Lieh-zze, Han Fei-zze, and other Tâoist writers ; and of Pan Kû." 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 PÎ." "Division into Parts and Chapters, and numbers of Characters in the Text." ii. The Writings of Kwang-zze. Importance to Tâoism 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 TÂO? AND THE CHIEF POINTS OF BELIEF IN TÂOISM 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 Tâo to the name Tî. No idea of Creation-proper in Tâoism. Man is composed of body and spirit. That the cultivation of the Tâo promotes longevigty. Starting results of the Tâo ; and how It proceeds by contraries. The paradisiacal state. The Decay of Tâoism before the growth of knowledge. The moral and practical teachings of Lâo-zze. Humility ; his three jewels ; that good is to be returned for evil.IV. ACCOUNTS OF LÂO-ZZE AND KWANG-ZZE GIVEN BY SZE-MÂ KHIENV. ON THE TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS Peculiar style and nature of the Treatise. Its date. Meaning of the Title. Was the old Tâoism a Religion? The Kang family. Influence of Buddhism on Tâoism.THE TÂO TEH KING PART I (chapters i to xxxvii) 1. Embodying the Tâo 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 Tâo 10. Possibilities through the Tâo 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 Tâo 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 Tâo 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 Tâo 28. Returning to Simplicity 29. Taking no Action 30. A Caveat against War 31. Stilling War 32. The Tâo 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 GovernmentPART II (Chapters xxxviii to lxxxi) 38. About the Attributes of the Tâo 39. The Origin of the Law 40. Dispensing with the Use (of Means) 41. Sameness and Difference 42. The Transformations of the Tâo 43. The Universal Use (of the Action in Weakness of the Tâo 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 Tâo) in Nourishing Things 52. Returning to the Source 53. Increase of Evidence 54. "The Cultivation (of the Tâo), 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 Tâo 60. Occupying the Throne 61. The Attribute of Humility 62. Practising the Tâo 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 (Tâo) 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 SimplicityTHE WRITINGS OF KWANG-?ZE. INTRODUCTION. BRIEF NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS PART I. I.i. "Hsiâo-yâo Yû, or Enjoyment in Untroubled Ease" II.ii. "Khî Wû Lun, or the Adjustment of Controversies" III.iii. "Yang Shang Kû, or Nourishing the Lord of Life" IV.iv. "Zan Kien Shih, or Man in the World, Associated with other Men" V.v. "Teh Khung Fû, or the Seal of Virtue Complete" VI.vi. "Tâ ?ung Shih, or the Great and Most Honoured Master" VII.vii. "Ying Tî Wang, or the Normal Course for Rulers and Kings" PART II. VIII.i. "Phien Mâu, or Webbed Toes" IX.ii. "Mâ Thî, or Horse's Hoofs" X.iii. "Khü Khieh, or Cutting Open Satchels" XI.iv. "?âi Yû, or Letting Be, and Exercising Forbearence" XII.v. "Thien Tî, or Heaven and Earth" XIII.vi. "Thien Tâo, or the Way of Heaven" XIV.vii. "Thien Yün, or the Revolution of Heaven" XV.viii. "Kho Î, or Ingrained Ideas" XVI.ix. "Shan Hsing, or Correcting the Nature" XVII.x. "Khiû Shui, or the Floods of Autumn" Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East