John Makeham, (in Ames' 'Wandering at Ease in the Zhuangzi') looks at the way this Analects story was seen by 3 Daoist groups: "In Ch'en when provisions ran...
The next group in the book of Zhuangzi (chapter 28), that did a remake of the Analects story were the Yangists (who believed in preserving the length of life...
The third group in the Zhuangzi that had an opinion of Confucius were the early Han Syncretist (that were close to the Huang-Lao movement). Whereas the...
Graham's 1990 Introduction to his 1960 translation of the Lieh-tzu is a splendid account of the origin of the word Taoist (Daojia). Up till 200 C.E. there had...
Attempting a summary: WARRING STATES PERIOD (481-222 B.C.E.) 1) LAOISM (Dao-de-jing) 2) ZHUANGISM (Zhuangzi) 3) SHAMANISM (spiritual journeys, as in the Song...
... Zhuangzi are ... religious ... Replying to this and your previous post. I have just started reading Kohn's "Early Chinese Mysticism" She seems to...
Chapter 16 of the Zhuangzi contains a surprising mixture of Daoist and Confucian (Mencius') ideas. I'm posting Watson's translation; and am also following...
Hi Douglas ... I am currently reading it (among other things). It is quite good, though sometimes difficult 2 understand. Hall & Ames subscribe 2 "Process...
From: "Sarah Vanni <smvanni@y...>" Date: Fri Feb 7, 2003 Subject: a daoist rule If we had the opportunity to get a person practicing Daoist Philosophy to ...
Since this doesn't have very much to do with Daoist texts, but if replies are directed to email rather than the list, allowable. Please direct your replies to...
From this we may see that the world has lost the Way, and the Way has lost the world; the world and the Way have lost each other. What means does a man of the...
All this Daoist-Confucian syncretism that I'm discovering in the outer chapters of the Zhuangzi, is not unlike the same syncretism of the Profound Learning,...
... says that the Zhuangzi was largely ignored during the Han based on the fact that no editions survive from that period. Does that necessarily follow and is...
I've been wondering how far Lao Tzu's descriptions of the soft, the yielding, and so forth can be construed as referring to the principle of Yin in Yin/Yang...
... yielding, and so forth can be construed as referring to the principle of Yin in Yin/Yang philosophy. ... Yin Yang philosophy with its balance of the two is...
... developed in ... beyond yin and yang, to a suspension of judgment... Thanks for the reply. I think this somewhat reinforces my sense that there's something...
I'm starting here the complete series of the stories about Hui Shi (= Hui Tzu) in the Zhuangzi and Liezi. Hui Shi was probably the finest logician (sophist) of...
Another idea: Zhuangzi's argument, the open minded entrepreneur traveler who mass produces the salve, is pragmatic; he's saying to Hui Shi that my Dao that is...
Here is the second Hui Shi story in chapter 1 (that follows the preceding one): "Hui Tzu said to Chuang Tzu, "I have a big tree of the kind men call shu. Its...
This one is from chapter 2: "The understanding of the men of ancient times went a long way. How far did it go? To the point where some of them believed that...
The story of the gourd & salve, and of the stinky tree form a group, and maybe one key is "useful/useless:" Gourd & Salve story: HS: "Although the gourd was...
From chapter 17 (Watson): When Hui Tzu was prime minister of Liang, Chuang Tzu set off to visit him. Someone said to Hui Tzu, "Chuang Tzu is coming because he...
... [bamboo], and drink only from springs of sweet water. This recalls the beginning of chapter 1: "There is also a bird there, named P'eng, with a back like...
Here it comes: "Chuang Tzu and Hui Tzu were strolling along the dam of the Hao River when Chuang Tzu said, "See how the minnows come out and dart around where...
From chapter 18: "Chuang Tzu's wife died. When Hui Tzu went to convey his condolences, he found Chuang Tzu sitting with his legs sprawled out, pounding on a...
Where there Taoists at the time of the Dao-de-jing (350 B.C.E.)? It is worth looking at this section of chapter 23 of the DDJ: 'Yes: One devoted to Tao: Is a...
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