Complete Writings

A new, highly readable translation of the Zhunangzi -- the single most important source for early Daoist philosophy.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Note on the Translation


• Select Bibliography


• Chronology


• Maps
  


• ZHU¿NGZ¿


• The Inner Books
  


• 1: Freely Wandering About


• 2: Discourse on Evening Things Out


• 3: The Crux of Nurturing Life


• 4: The World Among Humanity


• 5: Tallies of Full Virtue


• 6: The Great Ancestral Master


• 7: Responding to Emperors and Kings
  


• The Outer Books
  


• 8: Webbed Toes


• 9: Horses' Hooves


• 10: Breaking into Chests


• 11: Leave It in its Place


• 12: Heaven and Earth


• 13: Heaven's Way


• 14: Heaven Revolves


• 15: Forced Intentions


• 16: Mending Nature


• 17: Autumn Waters


• 18: Ultimate Happiness


• 19: Mastering Life


• 20: The Mountain Tree


• 21: Tián Z¿f¿ng


• 22: Knowledge Wandered North
  


• The Mixed Books
  


• 23: G¿ngs¿ng Ch¿


• 24: Ghostless Xú


• 25: Zéyáng


• 26: External Things


• 27: Allegorical Speech


• 28: Yielding the Throne


• 29: Robber Zhí


• 30: A Persuasion on Swords


• 31: The Fisherman


• 32: Liè Yùkòu


• 33: All the World
  


• Explanatory Notes


• Glossary

About the author

Chris Fraser is Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture in the Departments of Philosophy and East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. Previously he was Chair and Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of numerous works on early Chinese metaphysics, ethics, epistemology, logic, political philosophy, and philosophy of language, including about two dozen works treating the Zhuangzi.

Summary

A new, highly readable translation of the Zhunangzi -- the single most important source for early Daoist philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Zhuangzi, Zhuāngzï
• Assisted by: Chris Fraser (Editor and translation), Fraser Chris (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2024
• EAN: 9780192862495
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286249-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Taoist, RELIGION / Taoism, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy, Taoism