Zhuangzi Chapter 15 – 刻意 (Ingrained Ideas)
Zhuangzi Chapter 15 (Ingrained Ideas) contrasts five types of men — the scholar, the hermit, the official, the recluse, and the breath-cultivator — and shows that only the sage who...
Zhuangzi Chapter 15 – 刻意 (Ingrained Ideas)
Zhuangzi Chapter 15 (Ingrained Ideas) contrasts five types of men — the scholar, the hermit, the official, the recluse, and the breath-cultivator — and shows that only the sage who...
Zhuangzi Chapter 14 – 天运 (The Revolution of Hea...
Zhuangzi Chapter 14 (The Revolution of Heaven) explores the ceaseless movement of Heaven through music, dialogue, and the famous encounter between Confucius and Laozi. Ancient rites are like straw dogs...
Zhuangzi Chapter 14 – 天运 (The Revolution of Hea...
Zhuangzi Chapter 14 (The Revolution of Heaven) explores the ceaseless movement of Heaven through music, dialogue, and the famous encounter between Confucius and Laozi. Ancient rites are like straw dogs...
Zhuangzi Chapter 13 – 天道 (The Way of Heaven)
Zhuangzi Chapter 13 (The Way of Heaven) teaches that Heaven moves without effort and governs without action. Through dialogues on music, writing, and rulership, Zhuangzi shows that the Dao of...
Zhuangzi Chapter 13 – 天道 (The Way of Heaven)
Zhuangzi Chapter 13 (The Way of Heaven) teaches that Heaven moves without effort and governs without action. Through dialogues on music, writing, and rulership, Zhuangzi shows that the Dao of...
Zhuangzi Chapter 12 – 天地 (Heaven and Earth)
Zhuangzi Chapter 12 (Heaven and Earth) explores the supreme virtue of the Dao through parables — the lost pearl found only by Purposeless, the gardener who refuses a shadoof, and...
Zhuangzi Chapter 12 – 天地 (Heaven and Earth)
Zhuangzi Chapter 12 (Heaven and Earth) explores the supreme virtue of the Dao through parables — the lost pearl found only by Purposeless, the gardener who refuses a shadoof, and...
Zhuangzi Chapter 11 – 在宥 (Letting Be, and Exerc...
Zhuangzi Chapter 11 (Letting Be and Exercising Forbearance) argues that all attempts to govern and improve the world only disturb its natural order. True wisdom lies in non-action, letting things...
Zhuangzi Chapter 11 – 在宥 (Letting Be, and Exerc...
Zhuangzi Chapter 11 (Letting Be and Exercising Forbearance) argues that all attempts to govern and improve the world only disturb its natural order. True wisdom lies in non-action, letting things...
Zhuangzi Chapter 10 – 胠箧 (Cutting Open Satchels)
Zhuangzi Chapter 10 (Cutting Open Satchels) argues that all human institutions — laws, wisdom, benevolence — ultimately benefit the great thieves who steal entire states. True order comes only from...
Zhuangzi Chapter 10 – 胠箧 (Cutting Open Satchels)
Zhuangzi Chapter 10 (Cutting Open Satchels) argues that all human institutions — laws, wisdom, benevolence — ultimately benefit the great thieves who steal entire states. True order comes only from...
