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

2. Käng-sang Khû and his disciples. He repudiates being likened by them to Yâo and Shun. 3. Käng-sang Khû and the disciple Nan-yung Khû. 4-12. Lâo-dze lessoning Nan-yung Khû on the principles of Tâoism. BOOK XXIV. Pars. 1, 2. Hsü Wû-kwei, Nü Shang, and the marquis Wû of Wei:--Hsü's discourses to the marquis. 3. Hwang-Tî, with six attending sages, in quest of the Tâo, meets with a wise boy herding horses. 5. Debate between Kwang-dze and Hui-dze, illustrating the sophistry of the latter. 6. The artisan Shih cleans the nose of a statue with the wind of his axe; but declines to try his ability on a living subject. 7. Advice of Kwan Kung on his death-bed to duke Hwan of Khî about his choice of a successor to himself. 8. The king of Wû and the crafty monkey. His lesson from its death to Yen Pû-î. 9. Nan-po Dze-khî and his attendant Yen Khäng-dze. {p. 307} The trance is the highest result of the Tâo. Practical lesson to be drawn from it. 10. Confucius at the court of Khû along with Sun Shû-âo and Î-liâo. 11. Dze-khî, and his eight sons, with the physiognomist Kiû-fang Yän. 12. Nieh Khüeh meets Hsü Yû fleeing from the court of Yâo. BOOK XXV. Par. 1. Zeh-yang seeking an introduction to the king of Khû. Î Kieh, Wang Kwo, and the recluse Kung-yüeh Hsiû. 3. The ancient sovereign Zän-hsiang; Thang, the founder of the Shang dynasty; Confucius; and Yung-khäng Dze. 4. King Yung of Wei and his counsellors:--on his desire and schemes to be revenged on Thien Mâu of Khî. Tâi Zin-zän and his apologue about the horns of a snail.