The Life And Times Of Lao Tan : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xi INTRODUCTORY THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LAO TAN AN INTRODUCTION TO HUAI NAN TZ "Written from materials supplied by Mr. M. T. Lien." The writings and the philosophy of Huai Nan Tz, are deeply rooted in the ideas of Lao Tan, the reputed founder of Taoism...
Response Of Matter To The Movement : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 101 RESPONSE OF MATTER TO THE MOVEMENT OF THE COSMIC SPIRIT. A COMPARISON. We may compare the Taoist view of life in one respect with that of Socrates. Socrates maintained that he was at his best when his daimonion was working, and his thought clearest...
Notes And Annotations : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 244 NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS. THE COSMIC SPIRIT. DISSERTATION I.--PP. 1-30. This is the lst Essay in the series. The Chinese title is Yuan Tao Hsun, (###). The TAO is discussed in a separate article. It needs here only to say that an innovation has been made...
Elucidations And Analyses : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 271 ELUCIDATIONS AND ANALYSES THE COSMIC SPIRIT. DISSERTATION 1. PP. 2-30 "Epitome." The nature and scope of the Cosmic Spirit. The transformations induced by the Cosmic Spirit are illimitable. Consider the experiences of some ancients Taoists. Purity...
Liu An : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xliii LIU AN THE PRINCE OF HUAI NAN He was the grandson (great-grandson?) of the founder of the Han dynasty. He died 122 B. C. He was editor of the famous essays in the work known as "Huai Nan Tz." The first editor of this work was Kao Yu. The short life...
Natural Law : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 79 NATURAL LAW "Medieval thought regarded the universe as an articulated whole, and everything in it as both a part and a whole. The world is cosmos, a divinely instituted harmony. And, in accordance with the Neoplatonic philosophy, the higher principle...
Untitled : Sacred-Texts Taoism TAO, THE GREAT LUMINANT ESSAYS FROM THE HUAI NAN TZU BY EVAN S. MORGAN [Shanghai, 1933] The Huai Nan Tzu is a sprawling, encyclopedic work of Chinese thought that was compiled late in the second century B.C.E. under the auspices of Liu An, the prince of Huai Nan. Liu An w...
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Tao : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xxxi TAO Mankind has always been concerned about the "Power manifesting itself in the universe." It could not be otherwise. The world is full of wonder and the signs of power. The starry heavens above and the pullulating earth below have ever urged...
Preface : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. v PREFACE For some years, now, I have been, off and on, a student of the essays of Huai Nan Tz. Occasional papers on his work have been read before the Royal Asiatic Society (N. C. B.) and other societies. Some who heard the papers thought a translati...
Life And Soul : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 57 LIFE AND SOUL This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall: Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. SIR H. WOTTON. "As for the soul of man, "the bounds of the soul," said Heraclitus, "thou...
Titles Of The Essays Not Translated : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 288 TITLES OF THE ESSAYS NOT TRANSLATED No. in the Text. 3. The hosts of Heaven and Earth declare the wonder and the glory of the Tao. 4. The earth and all physical phenomena are indications of the operations of the Tao. 5. The seasons and the divisions...
Influence Of The Cosmic Spirit On The Universe : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 142 INFLUENCE OF THE COSMIC SPIRIT ON THE UNIVERSE If the philosopher says that mental phenomena cannot be accounted for wholly in physiological terms, and that the behaviour of living organisms cannot be exhaustively described by laws of mechanics, he...
The Two Worlds : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xxi THE TWO WORLDS THE WORLD OF SPIRIT AND THE WORLD OF SENSE "Theme suggested by the material given in the 7th Essay of Huai Nan Tz." The Taoist philosophy maintains three fundamental essences, as outlined in the 7th chapter. These are "ching"...
Freedom Of Life : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xxvi FREEDOM OF LIFE Liberty is a prominent question in this philosophy. There is more implied than what is openly expressed. The Imperial Authority, grandfather though he was to the Prince of Huai Nan, was jealous of his autocratic powers, and, perhaps...
Foreword : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. i FOREWORD The two articles by Dr. Evan Morgan which appeared more than ten years ago in the Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society were the harbingers of this volume. The first article, in the 1922 issue, was based on the twelfth...
Wu Wei : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xxxvi WU WEI These two words, which taken literally mean "not doing"," form a distinctive term in Taoist philosophy. It should be stated, at once, that the literal meaning is not the true meaning. This is clearly stated in the 19th essay. The writer...
The Cosmic Spirit : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 1 THE COSMIC SPIRIT " To every form of being is assigned An active principle:--howe'er removed From sense and observation, it subsists In all things, in all natures: in the stars Of azure Heaven, the unenduring clouds, In flower and tree, in every pebbly...
Title Page : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Next TAO THE GREAT LUMINANT ESSAYS FROM HUAI NAN TZU WITH INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES NOTES ANALYSES BY EVAN MORGAN HON. D.D. UNIVERSITY OF WALES ORDER OF THE DOUBLE DRAGON FOREWORD BY J. C. FERGUSON PH.D. [SHANGHAI, 1933] Next
Endeavour And Duty : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 219 ENDEAVOUR AND DUTY. "To tell you the truth, Cephalus, I replied, I delight in conversing with very old persons. For as they have gone before us on the road over which perhaps we also shall have to travel, I think we ought to try to learn from them...
Generalship And Prevention Of Anarchy : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 181 GENERALSHIP AND PREVENTION OF ANARCHY " No more the thirsty entrance of this soil Shall daub her lips with her own children's blood. No more shall trenching war channel her fields Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs Of hostile paces: those...
Persistence And Continuity : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. xl PERSISTENCE AND CONTINUITY. UNIFORMITY OF BIRTH AND DEATH. Birth and death are the great events of life. There is nothing greater in popular estimation. Confucian scholars have done much to encourage such an opinion. The Confucianists emphasised these...
Beginning And Reality : Sacred-Texts Taoism Index Previous Next p. 30 BEGINNING AND REALITY Unheard the dews around me fall, And heavenly influence shed: And silent on this earthly ball Celestial footsteps tread. Night moves in silence round the pole, The stars sing on unheard, Their music pierces to the soul, Yet...