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

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. 5. Confucius and the Recluse at Ant-hill in Khû. 6. The Border-warden of Khang-wû's lessons to Dze-lâo. Kwang-dze's enforcement of them. 7. Lâo-dze and his disciple Po Kü:--that the prohibitions of Law provoke to transgression. 8. The conversion to Tâoism of Kü Po-yü. 9. Confucius and the historiographers;--about the honorary title of duke Ling of Wei. 10. Little Knowledge and the Correct Harmonizer:--on the Talk of the Hamlets and Villages. 11. On the namelessness of the Tâo; and that Tâo is but a borrowed or metaphorical name. BOOK XXVI. Par. 2. Against delaying to do good when it is in one's power to do it. The apologue of Kwang-dze meeting with a goby on the road. 3. The big fish caught by the son of the duke of Zän. 4. The Resurrectionist Students. {p. 308} 5. How Lâo Lâi-dze admonished Confucius. 6. The dream of the ruler Yüan of Sung about a tortoise. 7. Hui-dze and Kwang-dze;--on the use of being useless. 11. Illustrations of the evil accruing from going to excess in action, or too suddenly taking action. BOOK XXVII. Par. 2. Kwang-dze and Hui-dze on Confucius;--did he change his views in his sixtieth year? 3. Confucius and his other disciples:--on Zäng-dze and his twice taking office with different moods of mind.