Kou Chien (King of Yueh), 222
Ku Chu (state), 258
Ku Huo, 299
Ku She (mountain), 4–5
Kuai Chi, Mount, 222
Kuai (ruler), 17
Kuan Chung, 160 and n., 216, 268
Kuan Lung Feng, 27
Kuan Yin, 303 and n. See also Yin (gatekeeper)
Kuang, Blind (musician), 78, 79
Kuang Chen, Master, 85–7
Kuang (state), 143
Kuei, Crown Prince, 275–6
Kun Hun, 212
Kun Lun mountains, 151, 196
Kun (son of Tzu Chi), 218–20
Kung family, 280
Kung Fu Tzu, see Confucius (Kung Fu Tzu)
Kung Po, 257 and n.
Kung Sun Lung, 144–6 and n., 306
Kung the True, 270
Kung Wen Hsien, 23
Kuo Hsiang, xviii–xix
Lai (Master), 52, 53–4
language, see words
Lao Lai Tzu, 238–9 and n.
Lao Tzu; on benevolence and righteousness, 112–14; and Confucius, 41, 122–7; death, 24; on embracing the One, 201–2; founder teacher, xiii; and Keng Sang Chu, 199; lack of historical details, xiv; on people’s hearts, 84, 97–8; on perfect man, 179–81, 202–8, 303; on pride and arrogance, 247; on Tao’s profundity, 191–3; and Tzu Kung, 124–6; on wandering, 229–30; on wisdom, 61– 2; writings, xiii, xv, xxvi
laws, 90, 109, 296
Li (Master), 52, 53–4
Li Chi, 19
Li Chu, 66, 69, 78–9, 95
Li Hsu, 79 and n.
Li Lu, 79 and n.
Liang (capital of Wei), 147, 228
Liao, river, 61
Liao of the Southern Market, see I Liao
Lieh Tzu (Lieh Yu Kou), Master, xiii, xxiv–xxv, 3, 62–4, 153, 157, 183–4, 208–9, 252–3, 288–94
Lien Shu, 4
life; from actionless action, 150; all forms held in Tao, 301; boundary of, 22; comprehending, 293; force, 142; grasping purpose of, 156–65; Middle Course (or Way), 22, 32; mystery of, 29; nurturing of, 22–4; and profit, 256; study of, 159; through breath, 241; through scrounging, 151; transmutation of species, 153–4. See also existence
Ling, Duke of Wei, 32, 170, 231
Literati, 84–5, 197, 214, 218, 238, 289
Little Knowledge, 231–3
Liu Hsia Chi, 261
love, 19, 30, 112–13, 212
loyalty, 50, 118, 236, 266, 284, 292
Lu, Marquess of, 162, 168–9
Lu (state), 38, 41, 56, 77, 153, 159, 168, 178, 251–2, 262, 297; learned men in, 181–2
Lu Chu, 215
Lu Hsia Chi, 267
Lu Liang (state), 161–2
Lung Feng, 77 and n., 236
machines, 99
Madman of Chu, 4 n.
Maker of All, 61
man, 3, 56, 139–40, 296; spiritual, 3, 221, 296; true, 131. See also perfect man
Man Kou Te, 267–9
Man with a Jug-sized Goitre, 43
Man without a Name, 61
Men Wu Kuei, 102
Mencius, 297n.
Meng Sun Tsai, 56
Meng Tzu Fan (master), 54
Miao tribes, 84
Middle Course (or Way), 22, 32
Middle Kingdom, 178
Mih Tzu, xv
Ming Tzu, 43 and n.
misfortune, knowing how to escape, 35
Mo Ti (Tzu), 67 and n., 79, 104, 268, 298, 299–300
‘Moderation in Economics’ (Mo Tzu), 298
Mohists, 12, 84–5, 197, 214, 218, 289, 299–300
Mou of Wei, Duke, 144–5 and n., 255–6
mourning, 24, 55–6, 109, 150–51, 284, 298–9
Mu, Duke of Chin, 208
mud on the nose, xvi, 215–16
Mulberry Grove Dance, 22
mushrooms, 2
Music, 126, 297
music; ‘Against Music’ (Mo Tzu), 298; classical, and peasants, 103; Confucius singing and lute-playing, 144, 257, 280; discussing, 211; five notes, 66, 73, 104; following appropriately, 133; forgetting, 58; hearing, 78; Hsien Chih, 118–20, 298; Kung and Chueh notes, 215; lute harmony, 215; Nine Shao, 153, 164; pleasure in, 83; singing, 58; six tones, 66, 78; types used by emperors, 298
Nan Jung Chu, xxvii, 200–203
Nan Po Tzu Chi, 34, 51–2
Nan Yueh, 169
nature, 61, 68, 73, 83, 266–7, 288; innate, xxii–xxv, 83, 104, 135, 266–7
Needham, Joseph, xiv and n.
Nest-Building People, 264
Nieh Chueh, 190, 220
Nine Lo, 117
Nine Provinces, 138
No Beginning, 195
No Existence, 196
no-men, 60
noblemen; ten things to be believed by, 93
non-action, see actionless action
non-existing non-existence, 196
Northern Ocean, 137–8, 143, 147
Not Enough, 270–71
Nu Chu, 51–2
Nu Shang, 210–11
Odes of Sacrifice of Shang, 255 and n.
Old Lung Chi, 194
Old Man of Tsang, 183
one-legged creature, 143
Oneness, 134, 170, 197, 290; embracing the One, 202–3; great One and smallest One, 304; life coming together in, 180; seeing by the One, 52; of Tao, 218
Origin, 10, 97, 107
Outline, 246; and Shadow, 20
Pao Shu Ya, 216
parents and children, 102–3, 118, 171; filial piety, 30, 118, 236
Pei (state), 122, 247
Pei Kung She, 170
Peng Meng, 301
Peng Tsu (mythological figure of great age), 2, 15, 51, 130
Peng Yang, 225
People Who Know how to Keep Alive, 264
perfect man, 3, 18, 157, 164–5, 181, 184, 199; Confucius on, 42–3; has no self, 33; heart like a mirror, 64; Lao Tzu on, 202–8; leaving no trace of his actions, 241; not cut off from truth, 296; as pure spirit, 18; understanding Heaven and ways of humanity, 47
pettiness, 135
philosophy, schools of, 143 and n., 145, 213–14, 218, 299–300
Pi I, 95, 190
Pi Kan, 173 and n., 270
Pi Kan, Prince, 27, 77 and n., 236, 266
Pien (wheelwright), 115
Pien Ching Tzu, Master, 163–4
Pien Sui, 258
Pin (state), 250
Pingists, 214–15 and n.
pity, 217
plumb lines, 72, 78, 85, 163
Po, Duke, 141 and n.
Po, Sea of, 277
Po Chang Chien (historian), 231
Po Cheng Tzu Kao, 96–7
Po Chu, 229
Po Huang, 79 and n.
Po Hun Wu Jen, 39, 183–4, 288
Po Li Hsi, 182 and n., 208
Po Lo, 72 and n., 74
Po Yi (scholar), 69–70, 137, 138, 258–9, 266
Poems, 126
Pointless, 95
Pool of Heaven, 1
poverty, 172, 211, 225, 237, 252–5, 268
Primal Mystery, 102
Provoke (kingdom), 228
Pu, river, 146
Pu Liang Yi, Master, 52
Pu Yi, 60
punishments, see rewards and punishments
Queen Mother of the West, 51
Records, 93
Red Water, 94
reincarnation, 52, 55, 156–7; transmutation of species, 153–4
relationships, 16, 171–2
religious background of Chuang Tzu, xxviii–xxix
rewards and punishments, 82–3, 96–7, 109, 111, 291–2
right and wrong, 17–18, 19–20, 140, 146, 150, 245
righteousness, 67–70, 79, 90, 111–12, 118, 123–4, 144, 202, 267, 270, 293
Rites, 126, 297
ritual, 58, 73, 83, 109, 111, 119, 120–22, 133, 178, 211; Odes of Ritual, 238
Roc (bird), 1, 2–3
sacrifice, xv, 69, 293–4
sages; activities of, 90; behaviour of, 18; definition of, 296; destruction of, 85; as example to others, 50; Heaven as guide, 226; and human relationships, 192; life and death, 130–31; poverty forgotten, 225–6;
