Ten Treatises on Zhuangzi and Liezi 庄列十论
Paul PengTen Treatises on Zhuangzi and Liezi
Originally attributed to "Li Yuanzhuo, Professor of the Imperial Academy".
Li Yuanzhuo is identified as Li Shibiao of the Song Dynasty.
It was recorded in History of Song·Bibliography of Arts and Literature as "Li Shibiao’s Ten Treatises on Zhuangzi, one volume".
Ten Treatises on Zhuangzi and Liezi
The existing version in The Daozang is included in the Zhengyi Section.
Comprising ten short treatises, the book includes: Treatise on Zhuangzi Dreaming of a Butterfly, Treatise on Cook Ding Dissecting an Ox, Treatise on Hiding a Boat in a Mountain and a Lake in a Marsh, Treatise on Yan Hui’s Sitting Forgetting, Treatise on Ji Xian Divining Huzi’s Fortune, Treatise on Xiangwang Obtaining the Profound Pearl, Treatise on Zhuangzi Wandering by the Haoliang River, Treatise on the Drunkard Falling from a Cart, Treatise on the Daoist Arts of Antiquity, and Treatise on Song Huazi’s Amnesia.
Each of these ten treatises excerpts a fable from Zhuangzi and Liezi, then extends and develops it to express the author’s insights on philosophical issues such as heaven and humans, self and others, existence and non-existence, and mind and nature—core themes deeply rooted in Taoism and aligned with the essence of The Dao.
