Book Xxxiii. Thien Hsia : p. 214 BOOK XXXIII. PART III. SECTION XI. THIEN HSI 1. 1. The methods employed in the regulation of the world 2 are many; and (the employers of them) think each that the efficiency of his own method leaves nothing to be added to it. But where is what was called of old 'the method of the To 2?' We...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book I. Hsiao : p. 164 THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-DZE. BOOK I. PART I. SECTION I. HSIO-YO Y, OR 'ENJOYMENT IN UNTROUBLED EASE 1.' 1. In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, the name of which is Khwn 2,--I do not know how many l in size. It changes into a bird with the name of Phing, the back of which is (also)--I do...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 22 : 22. 22. 1. The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. 2. Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 05 : BOOK XXVIII. ZANG WANG. Zang Wang, explaining the characters as I have done, p. 157 fairly indicates the subject-matter of the Book. Not that we have a king in every illustration, but the personages adduced are always men of worth, who decline the throne, or gift, or distinction of whatever nature...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 46 : 46. 46. 1. When the To prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung-carts. p. 89 When the To is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands. 2. There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 51 : 51. 51. 1. All things are produced by the To, and nourished by its outflowing operation. They receive their forms according to the nature of each, and are p. 94 completed according to the circumstances of their condition. Therefore all things without exception honour the To, and exalt its...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 35 : 35. 35. 1. To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible To), the whole world repairs. Men resort to him, and receive no hurt, but (find) rest, peace, and the feeling of ease. 2. Music and dainties will make the passing guest stop (for a time). But though the To as it comes...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Vii. Ying : p. 259 BOOK VII. PART I. SECTION VII. YING T WANG 1, OR 'THE NORMAL COURSE FOR RULERS AND KINGS 1.' 1. Nieh Kheh 2 put four questions to Wang 2, not one of which did he know (how to answer). On this Nieh Kheh leaped up, and in great delight walked away and informed Ph--dze 3 of it, who said to him...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 12 : BOOK XXI, THIEN DZE-FANG. Thien Dze-fang is merely the name of one of the men who appear in the first paragraph. That he was a historical character is learned from the 'Plans of the Warring States,' XIV, art. 6, where we find him at the court of the marquis Wn of Wei (B. C. 424-387), acting...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 58 : 58. 58. 1. The government that seems the most unwise, Oft goodness to the people best supplies; p. 102 That which is meddling, touching everything, Will work but ill, and disappointment bring. Misery!--happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness!--misery lurks beneath it! Who knows what either...
Appendixes. Appendix Viii. Record : p. 320 APPENDIX VIII. RECORD FOR THE SACRIFICIAL HALL OF KWANG-DZE. BY S SHIH 1. 1. Kwang-dze was a native (of the territory) of Mng and an officer in (the city of) Kh-yan. He had been dead for more than a thousand years, and no one had up to this time sacrificed to him in Mng. It was Wang King...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xvi. Sh : p. 368 BOOK XVI. PART II. SECTION IX. SHAN HSING, OR 'CORRECTING THE NATURE 1.' 1. Those who would correct their nature by means of the vulgar learning 2, seeking to restore it to its original condition, and those who would regulate 3 their desires, by the vulgar ways of thinking, seeking thereby...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xi. Zai Yu : p. 291 BOOK XI. PART II. SECTION IV. ZI Y, OR 'LETTING BE, AND EXERCISING FORBEARANCE 1.' 1. I have heard of letting the world be, and exercising forbearance; I have not heard of governing the world. Letting be is from the fear that men, (when interfered with), will carry their nature beyond its...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Viii. Phien : p. 268 BOOK VIII. PART II. SECTION I. PHIEN MU, OR 'WEBBED TOES 1.' 1. A ligament uniting the big toe with the other toes and an extra finger may be natural 2 growths, but they are more than is good for use. Excrescences on the person and hanging tumours are growths from the body, but they are...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 26 : 26. 26. 1. Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement. 2. Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his proper place), indifferent to them. How should...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 42 : 42. 42. 1. The To produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things. All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out of which they have come), and go forward to embrace the Brightness (into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath of Vacancy. 2...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 08 : BOOK XXV. ZEH-YANG. This Book is named from the first two characters in it, 'Zeh-yang,' which again are the designation of a gentleman of L, called Phng Yang, who comes before us in Kh, seeking for an introduction to the king of that state, with the view, we may suppose, of giving him good counsel...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 55 : p. 99 55. 55. 1. He who has in himself abundantly the attributes (of the To) is like an infant. Poisonous insects will not sting him; fierce beasts will not seize him; birds of prey will not strike him. 2. (The infant's) bones are weak and its sinews soft, but yet its grasp is firm. It knows not...
Book Xxviii. Zang Wang, Or 'kings Who Have : p. 149 BOOK XXVIII. PART III. SECTION VI. ZANG WANG, OR 'KINGS WHO HAVE WISHED TO RESIGN THE THRONE 1.' 1. Yo proposed to resign the throne to Hs Y, who would not accept it. He then offered it to Dze-ku Kih-f 2, but he said, 'It is not unreasonable to propose that I should occupy the throne, but I...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 16 : BOOK XVII. KHI SHUI. Khi Shui, or 'Autumn Waters,' the first two characters of the first paragraph of this Book, are adopted as its title. Its subject, in that paragraph, however, is not so much the waters of autumn, as the greatness of the To in its spontaneity, when it has obtained complete...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 31 : 31. 31. 1. Now arms, however beautiful, are instruments of evil omen, hateful, it may be said, to all creatures. Therefore they who have the To do not like to employ them. 2. The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable place, but in time of war the right hand. Those...
Book Xxi. Thien Dze Fang : p. 42 BOOK XXI. PART II. SECTION XIV. THIEN DZE-FANG 1. 1. Thien Dze-fang, sitting in attendance on the marquis Wn of Wei 2, often quoted (with approbation) the words of Kh Kung 3. The marquis said, 'Is Kh Kung your preceptor?' Dze-fang replied, 'No. He only belongs to the same neighbourhood...
Appendixes. Appendix V. Analyses : p. 273 APPENDIX V. ANALYSES BY LIN HS-KUNG OF SEVERAL OF THE BOOKS OF KWANG-DZE. BOOK I. The Hsio-yo in the title of this Book denotes the appearance of perfect ease and satisfaction. The Y, which conveys the idea of wandering or rambling about, is to be understood of the enjoyment of the mind...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 54 : 54. 54. 1. What (To's) skilful planter plants Can never be uptorn; What his skilful arms enfold, From him can ne'er be borne. Sons shall bring in lengthening line, Sacrifices to his shrine. 2. To when nursed within one's self, His vigour will make true; p. 98 And where the family it rules Wh...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 17 : BOOK XVI. SHAN HSING. 'Rectifying or Correcting the Nature' is the meaning of the title, and expresses sufficiently well the subject-matter of the Book. It was written to expose the 'vulgar' learning of the time as contrary to the principles of the true Toism, that learning being, according to L...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 30 : 30. 30. 1. He who would assist a lord of men in harmony with the To will not assert his mastery in the kingdom by force of arms. Such a course is sure to meet with its proper return. 2. Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up. In the sequence of great armies there are sure to be...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 09 : BOOK XXIV. HS W-KWEI. This Book is named from the first three characters in it, the surname and name of Hs W-kwei, who plays the most important part in the first two paragraphs, and does not further appear. He comes before us as a well-known recluse of Wei, who visits the court to offer his...
Book Xxxii. Lieh Yu Khau : p. 202 BOOK XXXII. PART III. SECTION X. LIEH Y-KHU 1. 1. Lieh Y-khu had started to go to Kh, but came back when he was half-way to it. He met Po-hwn W-zn 2, who said, 'Why have you come back?' His reply was, 'I was frightened. What frightened you? I went into ten soup-shops 3 to get a meal...
Appendixes. Appendix Vii. The Stone Tablet : p. 311 APPENDIX VII. I. THE STONE TABLET IN THE TEMPLE OF LO-DZE. BY HSIEH TO-HNG OF THE SUI DYNASTY 1. 1. After the Thi Ki (or Primal Ether) commenced its action, the earliest period of time began to be unfolded. p. 312 The curtain of the sky was displayed, and the sun and moon were suspended...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 50 : 50. 50. 1. Men come forth and live; they enter (again) and die. 2. Of every ten three are ministers of life (to themselves); and three are ministers of death. 3. There are also three in every ten whose aim is to live, but whose movements tend to the land (or place) of death. And for what re...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 34 : 34. 34. 1. All-pervading is the Great To! It may be found on the left hand and on the right. 2. All things depend on it for their production, which it gives to them, not one refusing obedience to it. When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the name of having done it. It clothes all things...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 13 : BOOK XX. SHAN M. It requires a little effort to perceive that Shan M, the title of this Book, does not belong to it as a whole, but only to the first of its nine paragraphs. That speaks of a large tree which our author once saw on a mountain. The other paragraphs have nothing to do with mount...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xiii. Thien : p. 330 BOOK XIII. PART II. SECTION VI. THIEN TO, OR 'THE WAY OF HEAVEN 1.' 1. The Way of Heaven operates (unceasingly), and leaves no accumulation 2 (of its influence) in any particular place, so that all things are brought to perfection by it; so does the Way of the Ts operate, and all under...
Book Xxv. Zeh Yang : p. 114 BOOK XXV. PART III. SECTION III. ZEH-YANG 1. 1. Zeh-yang having travelled to Kh, Kieh 2 spoke of him to the king, and then, before the king had granted him an interview, (left him, and) returned home. Zeh-yang went to see Wang Kwo 3, and said to him, 'Master, why do you not mention me...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 19 : BOOK XIV. THIEN YN. The contrast between the movement of the heavens ( ), and the resting of the earth ( ), requires the translation of the characters of the title by 'The Revolution of Heaven.' But that idea does not enter largely into the subject-matter of the Book. 'The whole,' says Hsan Ying...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 44 : 44. 44. 1. Or fame or life, Which do you hold more dear? Or life or wealth, To which would you adhere? Keep life and lose those other things; Keep them and lose your life:--which brings Sorrow and pain more near? 2. Thus we may see, Who cleaves to fame Rejects what is more great; Who loves large...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 07 : BOOK XXVI. WI W. The first two characters of the first paragraph are again adopted as the title of the Book,--Wi W, 'External Things;' and the lesson supposed to be taught in it is that expressed in the first sentence, that the influence of external things on character and condition cannot be...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 20 : 20. 20. 1. When we renounce learning we have no troubles. The (ready) 'yes,' and (flattering) 'yea;'-- Small is the difference they display. But mark their issues, good and ill;-- What space the gulf between shall fill? What all men fear is indeed to be feared; but how wide and without end is...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 40 : 40. 40. 1. The movement of the To By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of To's mighty deeds. p. 84 2. All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named). , 'Dispensing with the Use (of Means);'--with their...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 24 : p. 67 24. 24. He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm; he who stretches his legs does not walk (easily). (So), he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged; he who is self-conceited...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 03 : BOOK XXX. YEH KIEN. We need not suppose that anything ever occurred in Kwang-dze's experience such as is described here. The whole narrative is metaphorical; and that he himself is made to play the part in it which he describes, only shows how the style of writing in which he indulged was ingrained...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xv. Kho I : p. 363 BOOK XV. PART II. SECTION VIII. KHO , OR 'INGRAINED IDEAS 1.' 1. Ingrained ideas and a high estimate of their own conduct; leaving the world, and pursuing uncommon ways; talking loftily and in resentful disparagement of others;--all this is simply symptomatic of arrogance. This is wh...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 48 : 48. 48. 1. He who devotes himself to learning (seeks) from day to day to increase (his knowledge); he who devotes himself to the To (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing). 2. He diminishes it and again diminishes it, till he arrives at doing nothing (on purpose). Having arrived at this...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 32 : 32. 32. 1. The To, considered as unchanging, has no name. 2. Though in its primordial simplicity it may be small, the whole world dares not deal with (one embodying) it as a minister. If a feudal prince or the king could guard and hold it, all would spontaneously submit themselves to him. 3. Heaven...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Ii. Khi Wu : p. 176 BOOK II. PART I. SECTION II. KH W LUN, OR 'THE ADJUSTMENT OF CONTROVERSIES 1.' 1. Nan-kwo Sze-kh 2 was seated, leaning forward on his stool. He was looking up to heaven and breathed gently, seeming to be in a trance, and to have lost all consciousness of any companion. (His disciple), Yen...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 15 : BOOK XVIII. KIH LO. The title of this Book, Kih Lo, or 'Perfect Enjoyment,' may also be received as describing the subject-matter of it. But the author does not tell us distinctly what he means by 'Perfect Enjoyment.' It seems to involve two elements, freedom from trouble and distress, and freedom...
Book Xix. Ta Shang, Or 'the Full Understanding : p. 11 BOOK XIX. PART II. SECTION XII. T SHNG, OR 'THE FULL UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE 1.' 1. He who understands the conditions of Life does not strive after what is of no use to life; and he who understands the conditions of Destiny does not strive after what is beyond the reach of knowledge...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 56 : 56. 56. 1. He who knows (the To) does not (care to) speak (about it); he who is (ever ready to) speak about it does not know it. 2. He (who knows it) will keep his mouth shut and close the portals (of his nostrils). He will blunt his sharp points and unravel the complications of things; he will...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 11 : BOOK XXII. KIH PEI Y. With this Book the Second Part of Kwang-dze's Essays or Treatises ends. 'All the Books in it,' says L Sh-kih, 'show the opposition of Toism to the pursuit of knowledge as enjoined in the Confucian and other schools; and this Book may be regarded as the deepest, most vehement...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 36 : p. 78 36. 36. 1. When one is about to take an inspiration, he is sure to make a (previous) expiration; when he is going to weaken another, he will first strengthen him; when he is going to overthrow another, he will first have raised him up; when he is going to despoil another, he will first have...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 52 : 52. 52. 1. (The To) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all. p. 95 2. When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. When one knows that he is his mother's child, and proceeds to guard (the qualities of) the mother that belong to him...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 28 : 28. 28. 1. Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his female feebleness maintains; As to one channel flow the many drains, All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky. Thus he the constant excellence retains; The simple child again, free from all stains. Who knows how white attracts, Yet always...
Title Page. Part 02 : THE TEXTS OF TAOISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE IN TWO PARTS PART I The To Teh King (To Te Ching) Of Lo Dze (Lao Tsu) The Writings Of Kwang-dze (Chuang-tse) (Books I-XVII) THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST Translated By Various Oriental Scholars And Edited By F. Max Mller VOL. XXXIX Oxford University...
Appendixes. Appendix Iv. Zah Yung King : p. 269 APPENDIX IV. ZH YUNG KING, OR 'CLASSIC OF THE DIRECTORY FOR A DAY.' I have nowhere found any mention of the author of this brief composition, or of its date. The use of Buddhistic expressions in it shows that it cannot have had a very early origin. It belongs to the same category of Toist...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 64 : 64. 64. 1. That which is at rest is easily kept hold of; before a thing has given indications of its presence, it is easy to take measures against it; that which is brittle is easily broken; that which is very small is easily dispersed. Action should be taken before a thing has made its appearance;...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 27 : BOOK VI. T ZUNG SHIH. So I translate the title of this Book, taking Zung as a verb, and Zung Shih as = 'The Master who is Honoured.' Some critics take Zung in the sense of 'Originator,' in which it is employed in the To Teh King, lxx, 2. Whichever rendering be adopted, there is no doubt th...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Ix. Ma Thi : p. 276 BOOK IX. PART II. SECTION II. M TH, OR 'HORSES'S HOOFS 1.' 1. Horses can with their hoofs tread on the hoarfrost and snow, and with their hair withstand the wind and cold; they feed on the grass and drink water; they prance with their legs and leap:--this is the true nature of horses...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 39 : 39. 39. 1. The things which from of old have got the One (the To) are-- Heaven which by it is bright and pure; Earth rendered thereby firm and sure; Spirits with powers by it supplied; Valleys kept full throughout their void All creatures which through it do live Princes and kings who from it get...
Introduction. Chapter I. Was Taoism Older : p. 1 THE TEXTS OF TOISM. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER I. WAS TAOISM OLDER THAN LAO-DZE? 1. In writing the preface to the third volume of these Sacred Books of the East in 1879, I referred to Lo-dze as 'the acknowledged founder' of the system of Toism. Prolonged study and research, however, have brought...
Appendixes. Appendix Ii. Yin Fu King : p. 255 APPENDIX II. YIN F KING, OR 'CLASSIC OF THE HARMONY OF THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN.' In the Khien-lung Catalogue of the Imperial Library, ch. 146, Part iii, this Book occupies the first place among all Toist works, with three notices, which all precede the account of Ho-shang Kung's Commentary...
Appendixes. Appendix Iii. Yu Shu King : APPENDIX III. Y SH KING, OR 'THE CLASSIC OF THE PIVOT OF JADE.' Mr. Wylie says (Notes, p. 179) that the Pivot of Jade is much used in the ritual services of Toism, meaning that it is frequently read in the assemblies of its monks. The object of the Treatise, according to Li Hs-yeh, is 'to teach men...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 60 : 60. 60. 1. Governing a great state is like cooking small fish. p. 104 2. Let the kingdom be governed according to the To, and the manes of the departed will not manifest their spiritual energy. It is not that those manes have not that spiritual energy, but it will not be employed to hurt men. It is...
Book Xxvii. Yu Yen, Or 'metaphorical Language : p. 142 BOOK XXVII. PART III. SECTION V. Y YEN, OR 'METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE 1.' 1. Of my sentences nine in ten are metaphorical; of my illustrations seven in ten are from valued writers. The rest of my words are like the water that daily fills the cup, tempered and harmonised by the Heavenly element...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 23 : BOOK X. KH KHIEH. It is observed by the commentator Kwei Kn-khan that one idea runs through this Book:--that the most sage and wise men have ministered to theft and robbery, and that, if there were an end of sageness and wisdom, the world would be at rest. Between it and the previous Book there is...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 9 : 9. 9. 1. It is better to leave a vessel unfilled, than to attempt to carry it when it is full. If you keep feeling a point that has been sharpened, the point cannot long preserve its sharpness. 2. When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead...
Book Xx. Shan Mu, Or 'the Tree On The Mountain : p. 27 BOOK XX. PART II. SECTION XIII. SHAN M, OR 'THE TREE ON THE MOUNTAIN 1.' 1. Kwang-dze was walking on a mountain, when he saw a great tree 2 with huge branches and luxuriant foliage. A wood-cutter was resting by its side, but he would not touch it, and, when asked the reason, said, that it...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 68 : 68. 68. He who in (To's) wars has skill Assumes no martial port; He who fights with most good will To rage makes no resort. He who vanquishes yet still Keeps from his foes apart; He whose hests men most fulfil Yet humbly plies his art. Thus we say, 'He ne'er contends, And therein is his might.'...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 12 : 12. 12. 1. Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take; Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 1 : p. 45 THE TAO TEH KING, OR THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS. p. 47 THE TO TEH KING. PART I. 1. Ch. 1. 1. The To that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging To. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. 2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Origin...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 76 : 76. 76. 1. Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. (So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered. 2. Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness...
Untitled. Part 02 : THE TEXTS OF TAOISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE PART I OF II Sacred Books Of The East, Volume 39 The To Teh King (To Te Ching) Of Lo Dze (Lao Tsu) The Writings Of Kwang-dze (Chuang-tse) (Books I-XVII) [1891] Title Page Contents Preface INTRODUCTION Chapter I: Was Taoism Older Than Lao-Dze? Chapter II...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 31 : BOOK II. KH W LUN. Mr. Balfour has translated this title by 'Essay on the Uniformity of All Things;' and, the subject of the Book being thus misconceived, his translation of it could not fail to be very incorrect. The Chinese critics, I may say without exception, construe the title as I have done...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 16 : 16. 16. 1. The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state). When things (in the vegetable world) have displayed their...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 72 : 72. 72. 1. When the people do not fear what they ought to fear, that which is their great dread will come on them. 2. Let them not thoughtlessly indulge themselves in their ordinary life; let them not act as if weary of what that life depends on. 3. It is by avoiding such indulgence that such...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 5 : 5. 5. 1. Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with the people as the dogs of grass are dealt with. 2. May not the space between...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 81 : 81. 81. 1. Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the To) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the To) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it. 2. The sage does not accumulate...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 25 : BOOK VIII. PHIEN MU. This Book brings us to the Second Part of the writings of our author, embracing in all fifteen Books. Of the most important difference between the Books of the First and the other Parts some account has been given in the Introductory Chapter. We have here to do only with...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 66 : 66. 66. 1. That whereby the rivers and seas are able to receive the homage and tribute of all the valley streams, is their skill in being lower than they;--it is thus that they are the kings of them all. So it is that the sage (ruler), wishing to be above men, puts himself by his words below them...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 78 : 78. 78. 1. There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it;--for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed. 2. Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti : p. 127 THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-DZE. INTRODUCTION. BRIEF NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT BOOKS. BOOK I. HSIO-YO Y. The three characters which form the title of this Book have all of them the ideagram , (Ko), which gives the idea, as the Shwo Wn explains it, of 'now walking, now halting.' We might render...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 18 : 18. 18. 1. When the Great To (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue. (Then) appeared wisdom and shrewdness, and there ensued great hypocrisy. 2. When harmony no longer prevailed throughout the six kinships, filial sons found their manifestation; when...
Introduction. Chapter Iv. Accounts Of Lao : CHAPTER IV. ACCOUNTS OF LO-DZE AND KWANG-DZE GIVEN BY SZE-M KHIEN. It seems desirable, before passing from Lo, and Kwang in this Introduction, to give a place in it to what is said about them by Sze-m Khien. I have said that not a single proper name occurs in the To Teh King. There is hardly...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 21 : BOOK XII. THIEN T. The first two characters of the Book are adopted as its name;--Thien T, 'Heaven and Earth.' These are employed, not so much as the two greatest material forms in the universe, but as the Great Powers whose influences extend to all below and upon them. Silently and effectively...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 62 : 62. 62. 1. To has of all things the most honoured place. No treasures give good men so rich a grace; Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface. 2. (Its) admirable words can purchase honour; (its) admirable deeds can raise their performer above others. Even men who are not good are not abandoned...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 74 : 74. 74. 1. The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death? If the people were always in awe of death, and I could always seize those who do wrong, and put them to death, who would dare to do wrong? 2. There is always One who presides over the inflicti...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 3 : 3. 3. 1. Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 10 : 10. 10. 1. When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating. When one gives undivided attention to the (vital) breath, and brings it to the utmost degree of pliancy, he can become as a (tender) p. 54 babe. When he has cleansed away the most...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 29 : BOOK IV. ZN KIEN SHIH. A man has his place among other men in the world; he is a member, while he lives, of the body of humanity. And as he has his place in society, so also he has his special duties to discharge, according to his position, and his relation to others. Toist writers refer to this...
Introduction. Chapter V. On The Tractate : CHAPTER V. ON THE TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS. 1. The contrast is great between the style of the To Teh King and the Books of Kwang-dze and that of the Peculiar style and nature of the Kan Ying Phien. Kan Ying Phien, a translation of which is now submitted as a specimen of the Texts...
Appendixes. Appendix I. Khing Kang King : p. 247 APPENDIXES. APPENDIX I. KHING KNG KING, OR 'THE CLASSIC OF PURITY 1.' So I must translate the title of this brochure, as it appears in the 'Collection of the Most Important Treatises of the Toist Fathers' (vol. xxxix, p. xvii), in which alone I have had an opportunity of perusing...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xiv. Thien : p. 345 BOOK XIV. PART II. SECTION VII. THIEN YN, OR 'THE REVOLUTION OF HEAVEN 1.' 1. How (ceaselessly) heaven revolves! Flow (constantly) earth abides at rest! And do the sun and moon contend about their (respective) places? Who presides over and directs these (things)? Who binds and connects them...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 7 : 7. 7. 1. Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are able to continue and endure. 2. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 70 : 70. 70. 1. My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practise; but there is no one in the world who is able to know and able to practise them. 2. There is an originating and all-comprehending p. 113 (principle) in my words, and an authoritative law for the things (which I enforce). It is...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 14 : 14. 14. 1. We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable.' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible.' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of it, and we name it 'the Subtle.' With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description;...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 33 : p. 160 BOOK XXXII. LIEH Y-KHU. Lieh Y-khu, the surname and name of Lieh-dze, with which the first paragraph commences, have become current as the name of the Book, though they have nothing to do with any but that one paragraph, which is found also in the second Book of the writings ascribed...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 20 : BOOK XIII. THIEN TO. 'Thien To,' the first two characters of the first paragraph, and prefixed to the Book as the name of it, are best translated by 'The Way of Heaven,' meaning the noiseless spontaneity, which characterises all the operations of nature, proceeding silently, yet 'perfecting all...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 63 : 63. 63. 1. (It is the way of the To) to act without (thinking of) acting; to conduct affairs without (feeling the) trouble of them; to taste without discerning any flavour; to consider what is small as great, and a few as many; and to recompense injury with kindness. 2. (The master of it)...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 19 : p. 62 19. 19. 1. If we could renounce our sageness and discard our wisdom, it would be better for the people a hundredfold. If we could renounce our benevolence and discard our righteousness, the people would again become filial and kindly. If we could renounce our artful contrivances and discard...
Introduction. Chapter Iii. What Is The Meaning : CHAPTER III. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE NAME TO? AND THE CHIEF POINTS OF BELIEF IN TOISM. 1. The first translation of the To Teh King into a Western language was executed in Latin by some of the Meaning of the name To. Roman Catholic missionaries, and a copy of it was brought to England by a Mr...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 79 : 79. 79. 1. When a reconciliation is effected (between two parties) after a great animosity, there is sure to be a grudge remaining (in the mind of the one who was wrong). And how can this be beneficial (to the other)? 2. Therefore (to guard against this), the sage keeps the left-hand porti...
Appendixes. Appendix Vi. List Of Narratives : p. 298 APPENDIX VI. LIST OF NARRATIVES, APOLOGUES, AND STORIES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-DZE. BOOK I. Paragraph 1. The enjoyment of the To by such vast creatures as the Khwn and the Phng. 2. The enjoyment and foolish judgments of smaller creatures. Big trees and Phng Z. 3...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 80 : 80. 1. In a little state with a small population, I would so order it, that, though there were individuals with the abilities of ten or a hundred men, there should be no employment of them; I would make the people, while looking on death as a grievous thing, yet not remove elsewhere (to avoid it)...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 24 : p. 140 BOOK IX. M TH. 'Horses' and 'Hoofs' are the first two characters of the Text, standing there in the relation of regent and regimen. The account of the teaching of the Book given by Lin Hs-kung is so concise that I will avail myself of it. He says:-- 'Governing men is like governing horses...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 67 : 67. 67. 1. All the world says that, while my To is great, it yet appears to be inferior (to other systems of teaching). Now it is just its greatness that makes it seem to be inferior. If it were like any other (system), for long would its smallness have been known! 2. But I have three precious...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 6 : 6. 6. The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mystery thus do we name. Its gate, from which at first they issued forth, Is called the root from which grew heaven and earth. Long and unbroken does its power remain, Used gently, and without the touch of pain. , 'The Completi...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 71 : 71. 71. 1. To know and yet (think) we do not know is the highest (attainment); not to know (and yet think) we do know is a disease. 2. It is simply by being pained at (the thought of) having this disease that we are preserved from it. The sage has not the disease. He knows the pain that would be...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 15 : 15. 15. 1. The skilful masters (of the To) in old times, with a subtle and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries, and were deep (also) so as to elude men's knowledge. As they were thus beyond men's knowledge, I will make an effort to describe of what sort they appeared to be. 2...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 32 : BOOK XXXIII. THIEN HSI. The Thien Hsi with which this Book commences is in regimen, and cannot be translated, so as to give an adequate idea of the scope of the Book, or even of the first paragraph to which it belongs. The phrase itself means literally 'under heaven or the sky,' and is used...
Book Xxx. Yueh Kien, Or 'delight : p. 186 BOOK XXX. PART III. SECTION VIII. YEH KIEN, OR 'DELIGHT IN THE SWORD-FIGHT 1.' Formerly, king Wn of Ko 2 delighted in the sword-fight. More than three thousand men, masters of the weapon, appeared as his guests, lining the way on either side of his gate, and fighting together before him day...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 28 : p. 133 BOOK V. TEH KHUNG F. The f ( ) consisted in the earliest times of two slips of bamboo made with certain marks, so as to fit to each other exactly, and held by the two parties to any agreement or covenant. By the production and comparison of the slips, the parties verified their mutual...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 75 : 75. 75. 1. The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine. p. 118 2. The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them). It is through this that they are...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book X. Khu Khieh : p. 281 BOOK X. PART II. SECTION III. KH KHIEH, OR 'CUTTING OPEN SATCHELS 1.' 1. In taking precautions against thieves who cut open satchels, search bags, and break open boxes, people are sure to cord and fasten them well, and to employ strong bonds and clasps; and in this they are ordinarily said...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 2 : 2. 2. 1. All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) p. 48 what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is. 2. So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 11 : 11. 11. The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the p. 55 use of the wheel depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends. The door and windows are cut out (from the walls) to form an apartment;...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 8 : 8. 8. 1. The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the To. 2. The excellence of a residence is...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 61 : 61. 61. 1. What makes a great state is its being (like) low-lying, down-flowing (stream);--it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven. 2. (To illustrate from) the case of all females:--the female always overcomes the male by her stillness. Stillness may be considered...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xii. Thien : p. 307 BOOK XII. PART II. SECTION V. THIEN T, OR 'HEAVEN AND EARTH 1.' 1. Notwithstanding the greatness of heaven and earth, their transforming power proceeds from one lathe; notwithstanding the number of the myriad things, the government of them is one and the same; notwithstanding the multitude...
Book Xxvi. Wai Wu, Or 'what Comes From Without : p. 131 BOOK XXVI. PART III. SECTION IV. WI W, OR 'WHAT COMES FROM WITHOUT 1.' 1. What comes from without cannot be determined beforehand. So it was that Lung-fng 2 was killed; P-kan immolated; and the count of K (made to feign himself) mad, (while) O-li died 3, and Kieh and Ku both perished...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 22 : BOOK XI. ZI Y. The two characters of the title are taken from the first sentence of the Text, but they express the subject of the Book more fully than the other titles in this Part do, and almost entitle it to a place in Part I. It is not easy to translate them, and Mr. Balfour renders them by...
Book Xxii. Kih Pei Yu, Or 'knowledge Rambling : p. 57 BOOK XXII. PART II. SECTION XV. KIH PEI Y, OR 'KNOWLEDGE RAMBLING IN THE NORTH 1.' 1. Knowledge 2 had rambled northwards to the region of the Dark Water 3, where he ascended the height of Imperceptible Slope 3, when it happened that he met with Dumb Inaction 2. Knowledge addressed him...
Book Xxiv. Tao Kih, Or 'the Robber Kih : p. 166 BOOK XXIX. PART III. SECTION VII. TO KIH, OR 'THE ROBBER KIH 1.' 1. Confucius was on terms of friendship with Li-hsa K 2, who had a brother named To Kih. This To Kih had 9,000 followers, who marched at their will through the kingdom, assailing and oppressing the different princes. They dug...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 38 : p. 80 PART II. 38. 38. 1. (Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the To) did not (seek) to show them, and therefore they possessed them (in fullest measure). (Those who) possessed in a lower degree those attributes (sought how) not to lose them, and therefore they did not...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 65 : 65. 65. 1. The ancients who showed their skill in practising the To did so, not to enlighten the people, but rather to make them simple and ignorant. 2. The difficulty in governing the people arises from their having much knowledge. He who (tries to) govern a state by his wisdom is a scourge to it...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 26 : BOOK VII. YING T WANG. The first of the three characters in this title renders the translation of it somewhat perplexing. Ying has different meanings according as it is read in the first tone or in the third. In the first tone it is the symbol of what is right, or should be; in the third tone...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Iii. Yang : p. 198 BOOK III. PART I. SECTION III. YANG SHANG K, OR 'NOURISHING THE LORD OF LIFE 1.' 1. There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit. With what is limited to pursue after what is unlimited is a perilous thing; and when, knowing this, we still seek the increase of our...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 30 : BOOK III. YANG SHANG K. 'The Lord of Life' is the To. It is to this that we are indebted for the origin of life and for the preservation of it. Though not a Personal Being, it is here spoken of as if it were,--'the Lord of Life;' just as in the preceding Book it is made to appear as 'a True...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 17 : 17. 17. 1. In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the p. 61 next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Thus it was that when faith (in the To) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 73 : 73. 73. 1. He whose boldness appears in his daring (to do wrong, in defiance of the laws) is put to death; he whose boldness appears in his not daring (to do so) lives on. Of these two cases the one appears to be advantageous, and the other to be injurious. But When Heaven's anger smites a man, Who...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 4 : 4. 4. 1. The To is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable p. 50 it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! 2. We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we...
Title Page : THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST Translated By Various Oriental Scholars And Edited By F. Max Mller VOL. XL THE TEXTS OF TAOISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE IN TWO PARTS PART II The Writings Of Kwang-dze (Chuang Tzu) (XVIII-XXXIII) The T'ai Shang Tractate Of Actions And Their Retributions Appendices...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 13 : 13. 13. 1. Favour and disgrace would seem equally to be feared; honour and great calamity, to be regarded as personal conditions (of the same kind). 2. What is meant by speaking thus of favour and disgrace? Disgrace is being in a low position (after the enjoyment of favour). The getting th...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 77 : 77. 77. 1. May not the Way (or To) of Heaven be compared to the (method of) bending a bow? The (part of the bow) which was high is brought low, and what was low is raised up. (So Heaven) diminishes where there is superabundance, and supplements where there is deficiency. 2. It is the Way of Heaven...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 69 : 69. 69. 1. A master of the art of war has said, 'I do not dare to be the host (to commence the war); I prefer to be the guest (to act on the defensive). I do not dare to advance an inch; I prefer to retire a foot.' This is called marshalling the ranks where there are no ranks; baring the arms...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Xvii. Khiu : p. 374 BOOK XVII. PART II. SECTION X. KHI SHUI, OR 'THE FLOODS OF AUTUMN 1.' 1. The time of the autumnal floods was come, and the hundred streams were all discharging themselves into the Ho. Its current was greatly swollen 2, so that across its channel from bank to bank one could not distinguish...
Untitled : THE TEXTS OF TAOISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE PART II OF II Sacred Books Of The East, Volume 40 [1891] Title Page Contents Book XVIII. Kih Lo, or 'Perfect Enjoyment' Book XIX. T Shng, or 'The Full Understanding of Life.' Book XX. Shan M, or 'The Tree on the Mountain' Book XXI. Thien Dze-fang. Book...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Vi. Ta Zung : p. 236 BOOK VI. PART I. SECTION VI. T ZUNG SHIH, OR 'THE GREAT AND MOST HONOURED MASTER 1.' 1. He who knows the part which the Heavenly 2 (in him) plays, and knows(also)that which the Human 2 (in him ought to) play, has reached the perfection (of knowledge). He who knows the part which...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 41 : 41. 41. 1. Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the To, earnestly carry it into practice. Scholars of the middle class, when they have heard about it, seem now to keep it and now to lose it. Scholars of the lowest class, when they have heard about it, laugh greatly at it. If it were...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 25 : 25. 25. 1. There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things. 2. I do not know...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 02 : BOOK XXXI. Y-F. 'The Old Fisherman' is the fourth of the Books in the collection of the writings of Kwang-dze to which, since the time of S Shih, the epithet of 'spurious' has been attached by many. My own opinion, however, has been already intimated that the suspicions of the genuineness of those...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 45 : 45. 45. 1. Who thinks his great achievements poor Shall find his vigour long endure. Of greatest fulness, deemed a void, Exhaustion ne'er shall stem the tide. Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And eloquence a stammering scream. 2. Constant acti...
Preface : p. ix PREFACE. IN the Preface to the third volume of these 'Sacred Books of the East' (1879), I stated that I proposed giving in due course, in order to exhibit the System of Toism, translations of the To Teh King by Lo-Dze (sixth century B.C.), the Writings of Kwang-dze (between the middle...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 06 : BOOK XXVII. Y YEN. Y Yen, 'Metaphorical Words,' stand at the commencement of the Book, and have been adopted as its name. p. 156 [paragraph continues] They might be employed to denote its first paragraph, but are not applicable to the Book as a whole. Nor let the reader expect to find even here any...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 21 : 21. 21. The grandest forms of active force From To come, their only source. Who can of To the nature tell? Our sight it flies, our touch as well. Eluding sight, eluding touch, The forms of things all in it crouch; Eluding touch, eluding sight, There are their semblances, all right. Profound it is...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 18 : BOOK XV. KHO. I can think of no better translation for , the two first characters of the Book, and which appear as its title, than our 'Ingrained Ideas;' notions, that is, held as firmly as if they were cut into the substance of the mind. They do not belong to the whole Book, however, but only...
Introduction. Chapter Ii. The Texts : CHAPTER II. THE TEXTS OF THE TAO TEH KING AND KWANG SZE SH, AS REGARDS THEIR AUTHENTICITY AND GENUINENESS, AND THE ARRANGEMENT OF THEM. I. 1. I will now state briefly, first, the grounds on which I accept the To Teh King as a genuine production of the age to which it has been assigned...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 29 : 29. 29. 1. If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see p. 72 that he will not succeed. The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it. 2...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book Iv. Z : p. 203 BOOK IV. PART I. SECTION IV. ZN KIEN SHIH, OR 'MAN IN THE WORLD, ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER MEN 1.' 1. Yen Hui 2 went to see Kung-n 3, and asked leave to take his departure. 'Where are you going to?' asked the Master. 'I will go to Wei 4' was the reply. 'And with what object? I have heard th...
The Thai Shang Tractate Of Actions And Their : p. 235 THE THI-SHANG TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS 1. 1. The Thi-Shang (Tractate) says, 'There are no special doors for calamity and happiness (in men's The Thesis. lot); they come as men themselves call them. Their recompenses follow good and evil as the shadow follows the substance...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Book V. Teh Khung : p. 223 BOOK V. PART I. SECTION V. TEH KHUNG F, OR 'THE SEAL OF VIRTUE COMPLETE 1.' 1. In L 2 there was a Wang Thi 3 who had lost both his feet 4; while his disciples who followed and went about with him were as numerous as those of Kung-n. Khang K 5 asked Kung-n about him, saying, 'Though Wang Thi...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 10 : p. 153 BOOK XXIII. KNG-SANG KH. It is not at all certain that there ever was such a personage as Kng-sang Kh, who gives its name to the Book. In his brief memoir of Kwang-dze, Sze-m Khien spells, as we should say, the first character of the surname differently, and for the Kng ( ), employs Khang...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 37 : 37. 37. 1. The To in its regular course does nothing (for the sake of doing it), and so there is nothing which it does not do. 2. If princes and kings were able to maintain it, all things would of themselves be transformed by them. 3. If this transformation became to me an object of desire, I would...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 53 : 53. 53. 1. If I were suddenly to become known, and (put into a position to) conduct (a government) according to the Great To, what I should be most afraid of would be a boastful display. 2. The great To (or way) is very level and easy; but people love the by-ways. 3. Their court(-yards...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 33 : 33. 33. 1. He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty. He who is satisfied with his lot is rich; he who goes on acting with energy has a (firm) will. 2. He who does not fail in the requirements...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 14 : BOOK XIX. T SHNG. I have been inclined to translate the title of this Book by 'The Fuller Understanding of Life,' with reference to what is said in the second Book on 'The Nourishment of the Lord of Life.' There the Life before the mind of the writer is that of the Body; here he extends his view...
Book Xxiii. Kang Sang Khu : p. 74 BOOK XXIII. PART III. SECTION I. KNG-SANG KH 1. 1. Among the disciples 2 of Lo Tan there was a Kng-sang Kh, who had got a greater knowledge than the others of his doctrines, and took up his residence with it in the north at the hill of Wei-li. 3 His servants who were pretentious and knowing...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 57 : 57. 57. 1. A state may be ruled by (measures of) correction; weapons of war maybe used with crafty dexterity; (but) the kingdom is made one's own (only) by freedom from action and purpose. 2. How do I know that it is so? By these p. 101 facts:--In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 49 : 49. 49. 1. The sage has no invariable mind of his own; he makes the mind of the people his mind. 2. To those who are good (to me), I am good; and to those who are not good (to me), I am also good;--and thus (all) get to be good. To those who are sincere (with me), I am sincere; and to those who are...
Book Xxxi. Yu Fu, Or 'the Old Fisherman : p. 192 BOOK XXXI. PART III. SECTION IX. Y-F, OR 'THE OLD FISHERMAN 1.' Confucius, rambling in the forest of Dze-wei 2, stopped and sat down by the Apricot altar. The disciples began to read their books, while he proceeded to play on his lute, singing as he did so. He had not half finished his...
Book Xxiv. Hsu Wu Kwei : p. 91 BOOK XXIV. PART III. SECTION II. HS W-KWEI 1. 1. Hs W-kwei having obtained through N Shang 2 an introduction to the marquis W of Wei 3, the marquis, speaking to him with kindly sympathy 4, said, 'You are ill, Sir; you have suffered from your hard and laborious toils 4 in the forests...
Book Xviii. Kih Lo, Or 'perfect Enjoyment : p. 1 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BOOK XVIII. PART II. SECTION XI. KIH LO, OR 'PERFECT ENJOYMENT 1' 1. Under the sky is perfect enjoyment to be found or not? Are there any who can preserve themselves alive or not? If there be, what do they do? What do they maintain? What do they avoid? What do they attend...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 27 : p. 70 27. 27. 1. The skilful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels or footsteps; the skilful speaker says nothing that can be found fault with or blamed; the skilful reckoner uses no tallies; the skilful closer needs no bolts or bars, while to open what he has shut will be impossible;...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 43 : p. 87 43. 43. 1. The softest thing in the world dashes against and overcomes the hardest; that which has no (substantial) existence enters where there is no crevice. I know hereby what advantage belongs to doing nothing (with a purpose). 2. There are few in the world who attain to the teaching...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 59 : 59. 59. 1. For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation. 2. It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state). That early return is what I call the repeated accumulati...
The Tao Teh King, Part I. Chapter 23 : 23. 23. 1. Abstaining from speech marks him who is obeying the spontaneity of his nature. A violent p. 66 wind does not last for a whole morning; a sudden rain does not last for the whole day. To whom is it that these (two) things are owing? To Heaven and Earth. If Heaven and Earth cannot make such...
The Writings Of Kwang Dze. Introducti. Part 04 : BOOK XXIX. TO KIH. It has been seen above that Sze-m Khien expressly ascribes the Book called 'the Robber Kih' to Kwang-dze. Khien refers also in another place to Kih, adducing the facts of his history in contrast with those about Confucius' favourite disciple Yen Hui as inexplicable...
Tao Teh King, Part Ii. Chapter 47 : 47. 47. 1. Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without looking out from his window, one sees the To of Heaven. The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows. 2. Therefore the sages got their knowledge without travelling; gave their...
