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Sacred Books of the East Vol. 40: Taoism Vol. 2

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{fn. 1. The arguments both of Sû Shih and Lin Hsî-kung as set forth in this note are far from conclusive.} {file "Appendix VI. List of Narratives, Apologues, and Stories of various kinds in the Writings of Kwang-dze"} {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 Tâo by such vast creatures as the Khwän and the Phäng. 2. The enjoyment and foolish judgments of smaller creatures. Big trees and Phäng Zû. 3. Questions put by Thang to Kî. The Tâo in different men:--Yung-dze; Lieh-dze; and an ideal Tâoist. The Perfect man, the Spirit-like man, and the Sagely-minded man. 4. Yâo wishing to resign the throne to Hsü Yû. 5. Kien Wû and Lien Shû on the ideal Tâoist. 6. A cap-seller of Sung. Yâo after visiting the four Perfect ones. 7. Hui-dze and Kwang-dze:--the great calabashes; the hand-protecting salve; and the great Ailantus tree. BOOK II. Par. 1. Nan-kwo Dze-khî in a trance, and his disciple. The notes of heaven, earth, and man. 4. 'In the morning three:'--the monkeys and their acorns. 7. Yâo and Shun,--on the wish of the former to smite some small states. 9. Lî Kî before and after her marriage. 10. The penumbra and the shadow. Kwang-dze's dream that he was a butterfly. {p. 299} BOOK III. Par. 2. King Wän-hui and his cook;--how the latter cut up his oxen. 3. Kung-wän Hsien and the Master of the Left who had only one foot.

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