As a book of wisdom, Lieh Tzu can open people’s minds and endow people with wisdom and enlightenment. By observing the law of rise and fall in nature, the book promotes Lao Tzu’s obscurity, metaphor, simplicity and subtletly mong others, so it is an indispensable part of Taoist principles. The well-known sayings, fables and essays described in Lieh Tzu can reflect Taoists’ aspiration for spiritual freedom.All the passages in the eight volumes of Lieh Tzu, short or long, have their own themes that can reflect wisdom and philosophy in plain and interesting language. As long as we browse and digest them one by one, we can surely benefit a lot from them in many respects. According to Lieh Tzu, the learner should not only know what it is but also know why it is, the real skills are acquired by practicing with all efforts and as there is no end of knowledge and skills, one should not be satisfied with what he has learned up to the present.
Components of the Book:
- Article 1
New Paraphrase of Lieh Tzu
- Contents
- Preface
- Vol. 1
Propitious Omens from Heaven
- Vol. 2
Yellow Emperor
- Vol. 3
King Mu of Chou
- Vol. 4
Confucius
- Vol. 5
T’ang Asks
- Vol. 6
Strength and Destiny
- Vol. 7
Yang Chu
- Vol. 8
A Talk of Omens
- Article 2
New Paraphrase of Kengsang Tzu
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1
A Full Command of the Way of the Sage
- Chapter 2
Application of Tao
- Chapter 3
Administration Policy and Strategy
- Chapter 4
The Way of the Monarch
- Chapter 5
The Way of the Minister
- Chapter 6
The Way of the Man of Virtue
- Chapter 7
The Way of Filial Piety and Honesty
- Chapter 8
The Way of the Farmer
If
- Chapter 9
The Way of the Armed Forces
Readership:
Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in Lieh Tzu and Kengsang Tzu
Zhongyuan Cai
Zhongyuan Cai, English Teacher and Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Languages, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) in Nanjing, China. English Editor of the magazine Southeast Culture in Nanjing Museum, one of the top-ten magazines of Social and Human Sciences in Jiangsu Province, China.