The Philosophy of Life: A New Reading of the Zhuangzi

Contents
Series Editors’ Foreword
First Part 庄子内篇诠释 Zhuangzi Neipian Quanshi Annotations to the Inner Chapters of Zhuangzi
	Preface
	CHAPTER I 逍遥游 Xiaoyaoyou—Free and Easy Wandering: Opening the Heart and the Reconsideration of Values
	CHAPTER II 齐物论 Qiwulun—The Equality of Things: Making the Spirit Equal and Getting Rid of Self-Centered Patterns
	CHAPTER III 养生主 Yangshengzhu—What Matters in Nurturing Life: Expounding the Life of the Spirit
	CHAPTER IV 人间事 Renjianshi—Worldly Business among Men: The Tragic Mentality of the Intellectuals and Their Isolated Knowledge
	CHAPTER V 德充夫 Dechongfu—The Signs of the Fullness of Power: The Aesthetic Mind of the Ideal Person and the Cosmic Spirit
	CHAPTER VI 大宗师 Da Zongshi—“The Teacher Who is the Ultimate Ancestor”: The State of “Heaven and Man Form a Unity” and the Concept of “Life and Death are the Same”
	CHAPTER VII 应帝王 Yingdiwang—Responds to Emperors and Kings: Anarchism
Second Part 外物 WAI WU Explanation of the Outer Chapters∵
	Introduction
	CHAPTER I 骈拇 Pianmu—Webbed Toes: Giving Free Reign to Emotions and Following One’s Natural Disposition
	CHAPTER II 马蹄 Madi—Horses’ Hooves: Looking for a World of Complete Virtue
	CHAPTER III 胠箧 Quqie—Cutting Open Satchels: If You Steal
a Country, You are a Lord
	CHAPTER IV 在宥 Zaiyou—Letting Be and Exercising Forbearance: Setting One’s Mind at Ease and Following One’s Nature
	CHAPTER V 天地 Tiandi—Heaven and Earth: Purposelessness Found the Dark Pearl
	CHAPTER VI 天道 Tiandao—The Way of Heaven: The Meaning Outside the Words
	CHAPTER VII 天运 Tianyun—The Rotations of Heaven: Ceremonies and Moral Standards Adapt to the Times
	CHAPTER VIII 刻意 Keyi—Ingrained Ideas: The Spirit Spreads into the Four Directions
	CHAPTER IX 缮性 Shanxing—Cultivating One’s Inner Nature: The Simultaneous Nourishment of Knowledge and Serenity
	CHAPTER X 秋水 Qiushui—Autumn Floods: A Dialogue Between Rivers and the Sea
	CHAPTER XI 至乐 Zhile—Perfect Enjoyment: Marquis of Lu is Nourishing a Bird
	CHAPTER XII 达生 Dasheng—Full Understanding of Life: The Mental State of Arts
	CHAPTER XIII 山木 Shanmu—The Tree on the Mountain: Observing Time and Pursuing Harmony
	CHAPTER XIV 田子方 Tian Zifang—Perfect Beauty and Perfect Happiness
	CHAPTER XV 知北游 Zhi Bei You—The Dao Does Not Leave the Things
Third Part ZHUANGZI ZAPIAN 庄子杂篇 Profound Explanation of the Miscellaneous Chapters
	Preface
	CHAPTER I 庚桑楚 Geng Sangchu—The Innate Nature is the Substance of Life
	CHAPTER II 徐无鬼 Xu Wugui—A Person Banished to Exile Remembers His Parents
	CHAPTER III 则阳 Zeyang—The Ten Thousand Things Differ in Principle, but the Dao Shows No Partiality Among Them
	CHAPTER IV 外物 Wai Wu—Outer Things: Get the Idea and Forget the Words
	CHAPTER V 寓言 Yuyan—Metaphorical Language: The Implications of the Three Words
	CHAPTER VI 让王 Rang Wang—Abdicating the Throne: The Truth of the Dao Lies in the Regulation of the Person
	CHAPTER VII 盗跖 Dao Zhi—Robber Zhi: “For the Sake of Gain They All Brought Confusion to the Truth within Them and Did Violence to Their True Form and Innate Nature”
	CHAPTER VIII 说剑 Shuo Jian—Discoursing on Swords: The Feudal Lords Return to Their Former Obedience and How to Pacify the Neighbors on All Sides
	CHAPTER IX 渔夫 Yu Fu—The Old Fisherman: “By Truth I Mean Purity and Sincerity in Their Highest Degrees”
	CHAPTER X 列御寇 Lie Yukou—“Looking On What is Deemed Necessary as Unnecessary”
	CHAPTER XI 天下 Tianxia—The World: “Inwardly a Sage and Outwardly a King”
Index