Country of Great Silence, 169
courage, 16, 144, 293
craftsmanship, 72, 78, 182
Cripple Yi, 290
Crooked Man with No Lips, 43
Crows Feet, 153–4
Dark City, 84
Dark Palace, 51
death, 24, 47–8, 49, 52, 53–4, 55, 142, 149, 156, 160, 170–71, 179, 194, 238 and n. See also mourning; reincarnation
deformities, see disfigured men
desiccated skull, 151–2
destiny, 30, 40, 293
difference, 12–14, 15–16, 38–9, 52, 139–44, 153–4 and n., 231, 233, 268, 290, 303. See also right and wrong; yang; yin
disfigured men, 35, 39–42; acceptance of deformity, 53; Crooked Man with No Lips, 43; gatekeepers, 215 and n., 220 and n.; hunchback, 158; Man with a Jug-sized Goitre, 43; Uncles Legless and Cripple, 151; webbed toes, 66–8
divination, 83, 240 and n.
dogs; barking, 233; judging, 210–11, 218; straw, 120–21 and n.
Doubt Curtailed, 187
dragon powers, 84
Dramatic (Emperor of the North Sea), 64
dreams; living in, 19; and transformation of things, 20
Dried Old Bones, 154
drunkenness, 19, 31, 157
E Lai, 236 and n.
Earth, 13, 15, 89–90, 92–104, 113, 117, 150, 156
Eastern Heights, 69
Eastern Ocean, 145
eight defects, 282
eight limiting conditions, 293
eight treasures, 83
elements, 66, 73, 117 and n.
Emperor of the South Sea, 64
emperors, 60–4, 96, 98, 107–9; August Rulers, 117, 264n.; Five Emperors, 121 and n., 124–7, 138. See also government; kings
Endless, 195
existence, 12–14, 15, 19, 20, 22–4, 68, 196, 205–6, 233–4, 303. See also life
Fa Yen (book of rules and proverbs), 31
fame, 4, 26–7, 64, 68–9, 111, 123, 129, 138, 149, 182, 225, 241, 269–70
Fan, Lord of, 185
Fang Ming, 212
farmer; of Primal Chaos, 99–100; of Shih Hu, 250
fate, 58, 144
Fen, river, 5
Feng Yi, 51
fish and fishing, xvi, 1, 2–3, 50, 55, 147, 153, 182, 237–8, 239–40, 280–6
five colours, 69, 73, 78, 104
five flavours, 69, 104
Five Lords, 51
five notes, 66, 73, 104
five smells, 104
five types of sentence, 109 and n.
five types of weapons, 109 and n.
five unimportant aspects, 109
five vital organs, 66 and n.., 83, 84
forces on living things, 8–9
forecasting, 62–4
forgetting, 57–8
four evils, 282–3
friendship, 54–5
frogs, 137
Frog’s Robe, 153
Fu Hsi, 29, 51, 79 and n.., 134
Fu Yueh, 51
gate of Deepest Mystery, 86
gatekeepers, 215 and n.., 220 and n.., 303
ghosts, 160–61
going with the flow, 172, 256–7
Golden Tablets, 211
gourds, 5–6
government, 3–4, 27, 60–61, 72–3, 76–80, 82–5, 89, 92, 96–7, 102, 103, 109, 111, 117, 129, 142, 182–5, 212, 213, 216, 219, 230, 236, 242, 249–59 and n.., 251, 258, 266, 268–70, 272, 291, 292, 296–307
Grand Marshal, 196
grave robbers, 238
Great Dipper, 51
Great Gorge, 101
Great Official Accord, 231–4
Great Origin, 245
Great Purity, 195
Great Temple, 294
Great Wall, 277
Great Way, 26, 29, 58
greatness, 218–19, 222–3, 231–2
greed, 272, 283
Green Peace plants, 154
Han, river, 99
Han (state), 251
Han Tan (capital of Chao), 77, 146
Hao, river, 147
happiness; 35, 88, 107–8, 131, 145, 149–54, 180, 272
Harmonizer of Destinies, 152
harmony, 79, 117, 127
hats; ceremonial, 5
hearing, 70, 78–9, 83, 84, 104, 201, 221; hearts; of the people, 84–5; purpose of, 300
Heaven; birth of, 15; blueness of, 1; boundaries, 113; breath of, 87; children of, 28; companion of, 89–90; decrees of, 173; disruption of ways of, 88; does it move?, 117–27; and Earth, 92–104; Equality of, 20; equals of, 95; establishing death and birth, 49; in everything, 223; examining through a narrow tube, 146; father and mother of all life, 156; government of everything below, 51, 213; guidance from, 28; as guide to sages, 226; happiness of, 107–8; harmony of, 190; Heaven’s Pool, 2; Heaven’s Tao, 106–15; and humanity, 174; internal, 143; mean-minded man of, 56; as one with Earth, 13; as Primal source, 296; produces nothing, 108; providing shape, 44–5; purity of, 150; sages nourished by, 44; Sons of (Emperors), 42; as teacher, 226–7; Treasury of, 16; troubled by benevolence and righteousness, 68; understanding ways of, 47; united in, 157–8; violation of principles of, 24; Virtue of, 112, 131
Heavenly Gate, 205
Hill of the Dark Prince, 151
Hill Slippers, 153
Histories, 126, 297
Ho, River, 4, 35
Ho Hsu (mythological ruler), 74 and n., 79 and n.
honour, 3, 173, 200, 252
horses, xxiii, 33, 72–4, 141, 154, 163, 210–11, 213
Hsi Peng, 212, 216
Hsi-shih (famous beauty), 13, 122
Hsia (Dynasty), 67 and n.
Hsiang Cheng (wild region), 213
Hsiang Li Chin, 299–300
Hsiao Chi, 236 and n.
Hsiao Po, Duke Huan, 268
Hsien, Shaman, 117
Hsien Chih music, 118–20
Hsien Yuan, 79 and n.
Hsu Ao (ruler), 17
Hsu Ao (state), 27
Hsu Wu Kuei, 210–23
Hsu Yu (hermit), 3–4 and n., 6, 56–7, 95, 220, 242, 249, 257
Hsuan, Prince of Chi, xiv
Hsun Tzu (philosopher), xxviii
Hu Tzu, 62–3
Hua, 95
Hua Liu, 141
Hua Mountain, 300
Hua Tzu, Master, 251
Huan, Duke of Chai, 43, 115, 160–61, 216
Huan (man of Cheng), 289–90
Huan Tou, 84
Huan Tuan, 306
huang chung, 66
Huang Liao, 306–7
Huang Shuang insects, 154
Huang Tzu Kao Ao, 160
Hui, Prince of Liang, xiv
Hui Shih (Tzu) (philosopher and friend of Chuang Tzu), xvi, 5, 6, 14, 44, 147, 215, 228, 240, 304, 305–7
humanity, 112, 143, 168, 174, 231
humility, 39–40
hunchback, 158
Hundred Schools of Philosophy, 143 and n.
Hung Mung, 87–8
Huo, Inspector, 193
hurting others, 27
I Ching, 126, 182n.
I Liao (Master of the Southern Market), 168–9 and n., 217–18, 229
ignorance; deceived and ignorant ones, 133–5; true, 44
insects; ants, 221; bugs, 154; Chiu Yu, 154; cicada, 2; Huang Shuang, 154; lice, 220–21; millipedes, 143; praying mantis, 32, 98; in reincarnation, 154; rotting maggots, 154
jade, 73, 78, 171 and n.
Jan Chiu, 196–7
Jen, Prince, 237–8
Jin Hsiang, Lord, 226
Jo (god of the North Ocean), xxi, 137, 139, 142
Kan Pi, 51
Keng Sang Chu, 199–208
Ki Kuai, King of Yen, 141 andn.
King Chin Chi, 170
kings, 60–64, 98, 107–9, 138 and n;.; August Rulers, 117, 264n. See also emperors; government
Knowing Harmony, 270–71
knowledge; of able-bodied and mutilated, 40; from argument, 26–7; can forget yes and no, 163; distress at pursuit of, 80; of existence, 14;
