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Zhuangzi (莊子)

Chinese title
莊子
Author
Zhuangzi
Translation
Herbert A. Giles (1889) — Chuang Tzŭ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer (1889)
Chinese text
Guo Xiang recension from Chinese Wikisource
Contents
33 chapters
Status
Public domain

Contents

ChapterOpening words
Transcendental Bliss 逍遙遊IN the northern ocean there is a fish, called the Leviathan, many thousand li in size. This leviathan changes
The Identity of Contraries 齊物論TZŬ CH'I of Nan-kuo sat leaning on a table. Looking up to heaven, he sighed and became absent, as though soul
Nourishment of the Soul 養生主MY life has a limit, but my knowledge is without limit. To drive the limited in search of the limitless, is fa
Man Among Men 人間世YEN HUI went to take leave of Confucius.
The Evidence of Virtue Complete 德充符IN the State of Lu there was a man, named Wang T'ai, who had had his toes cut off. His disciples were as numer
The Great Supreme 大宗師HE who knows what God is, and who knows what Man is, has attained. Knowing what God is, he knows that he himse
How to Govern 應帝王YEH CH'ÜEH asked Wang I
Joined Toes 駢拇[Chs. viii to xiii inclusive are illustrative of, or supplementary to, ch. vii.]
Horses' Hoofs 馬蹄HORSES have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass
Opening Trunks 胠篋THE precautions taken against thieves who open trunks, search bags, or ransack tills, consist of securing with
On Letting Alone 在宥THERE has been such a thing as letting mankind alone; there has never been such a thing as governing mankind.
The Universe 天地VAST as is the universe, its phenomena are regular. Countless though its contents, the laws which govern these
The Tao of God 天道Cultivation of essentials—Neglect of accidentals—The sequence of Tao—Spontaneity of true virtue—Tao is uncondi
The Circling Sky 天運[This chapter is supplementary to ch. v.]
Self-Conceit 刻意SELF-CONCEIT and assurance, which lead men to quit society, and be different from their fellows, to indulge in
Exercise of Faculties 繕性THOSE who exercise their faculties in mere worldly studies, hoping thereby to revert to their original conditi
Autumn Floods 秋水[This chapter is supplementary to chapter ii. It is the most popular of all, and has earned for its author the
Perfect Happiness 至樂[This chapter is supplementary to chapter vi.]
The Secret of Life 達生[This chapter is supplementary to chapter iii.]
Mountain Trees 山木[This chapter is supplementary to chapter iv.]
Tien Tzŭ Fang 田子方[This chapter is supplementary to chapter vi.]
Knowledge travels North 知北遊[This chapter is supplementary to chapter vi.]
Kêng Sang Ch’u 庚桑楚AMONG the disciples of Lao Tzŭ was one named Kêng Sang Ch’u. He alone had attained to the Tao of his Master. H
Hsü Wu Kuei 徐無鬼HSÜ WU KUEI, introduced by Nü Shang, went to see Wu Hou of Wei.
Tsê Yang 則陽WHEN Tsê Yang visited the Ch'u State, I Chieh
Contingencies 外物CONTINGENCIES are uncertain. Hence the decapitation of Lung Fêng, the disembowelment of Pi Kan, the enthusiasm
Language 寓言OF language put into other people's mouths, nine tenths will succeed. Of language based upon weighty authority
On Declining Power 讓王[Spurious.]
Robber Chê 盜跖[Spurious.]
On Swords 說劍[Spurious.]
The Old Fisherman 漁父[Spurious.]
Lieh Tzŭ 列禦寇WHEN Lieh Tzŭ
The Empire 天下[Summary by early editors.]

Data: English Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0); Chinese Wikisource (Public domain texts; transcription CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.