San Wei, 84
Sang Hu, Master, 54–5, 58, 171–2
scholars, 129–30, 134, 137, 181–2, 230, 266, 267–8, 299–300
seasons, 82, 110, 119, 134, 137–8, 199, 214, 232, 241
Secret Heights, mount of, 187
self; development, 129; non-existence in, 303; value of, 180
Shadow, 20, 246
shamanism, xxix
Shan Chuan, 249
Shan Po, 159
Shang (Dynasty), 67 and n., 257n.
Shang (state), 118
Shao Kuang Mountain, 51
She (state), 30
Sheep’s Groom, 154
Shen Nung, 79 and n., 134, 152 and n., 168, 194, 259
Shen Tao, 301–2 and n., 302
Shen Tu Chia, 39–40
Shen Tu Ti, 242, 266
Shih (model of benevolence), 66 and n., 69, 79, 82, 84–5
Shih (craftsman), xvi–xvii, 33–4, 215–16
Shih Cheng Chi, 113–14
Shih Chiu, 231
Shih Hu, 250
Shih Kuang, 14
Shou Ling, 146
Shou Yang, Mount, 69, 259, 266
Shu (cripple), 35
Shu Chi (scholar) 48, 258–9, 266
Shu Shan the Toeless, 41
Shu Tan, 258–9
Shun, Emperor, 5 and n., 102n., 17, 29, 39, 51, 60, 68, 76, 84, 96, 111, 112, 125, 141, 144, 190, 221, 249–50, 257, 264
Shun (Master from the Eastern Wall), 177
sight, 78–9, 83, 84, 104, 201, 221–2, 294
Six Bow Cases, 211
six breaths, 87
six repositories, 293
six tones, 66, 78
snails, 228
snakes, 21, 143–4, 154
Sou, Prince, 250–51
Southern Market, 168, 218, 229
Southern Ocean, 143, 147
Southern Suburb, 217
Spirit Tower, 204 and n.
Spring and Autumn Annals, 16, 126
Ssu Ma Chien; Historical Records, xiv–xv, xix, xxviii
Ssu (Master), 52–3
Starlight, 196
states, 26, 27, 30–31. See also government
Su Shu Ao, 184
Sui, Marquis of, 252
Sui Jen, 134, 152 and n.
suitcases, broken, 76
Sun Hsiu, Master, 163–5
Sun Shu Ao, 217–18
Sung (state), 5, 34, 87, 121, 144, 290–91
Sung (state), King of, 293
Sung Chien (Sung Jung Tzu), 3 and n., 300
swords; lover of, 275–8; swordsmith, 196
ta lu pipes, 66
Ta Tao (historian), 231
Ta Ting, 79 and n.
Tai, Noble Ruler, Emperor, 60
Tai, Mount, 2 and n., 15, 51
Tai Chen Jen, 228
Talk of the Villages, 231–2
Tan Fu, King, 250 and n.
Tang, Emperor, 2, 125, 141 and n., 145, 197, 208, 227, 242, 257–8 and n., 265, 269, 298
Tang, Prime Minister of Shang, 118
Tao; abandoned, 134; all forms of life held in, 301; for all professions, 77; in all things, 205; ancient understanding of, 300–303; of benevolence, 257, see also benevolence; chaos if blocked, 241; comprehending all existence, 232–4; Confucius and, 122–4; discussion of, 137; of Earth, 130; failing, 70; flaunting, 62; flowing with, 256–7; followers of, 50; fulfilment from, 55–6; gaining, 251; of governing, 111; grasping through argument, 97–8; Great, 193; of Heaven, 90, 106–15, 130; of humanity, 90; immensity of, 93, 114; knowledge without, 79–80; location of, 193; Mo Tzu’s, 182, 299; neither beginning nor end, 142; never alters, 118; nobility and meanness of, 140–42; not to speak about, 290; oneness of, 218; pattern of, 110; perfect, 86, 193; pivot of, 12; reality but no form, 50–51; of righteousness, 257; Ruler of the World, 92; of the sage, 77, 208; of the scholar, 129–30; slaying the dragons, 290; as source of life, 286; for swimming, 162; teaching, 51–2; that is clear is not the Tao, 16; true path, 67–8; true purpose of, 252; of true simplicity, 131; true Tao not to be talked about, xiii, xxi; understanding, 142, 180–81, 187–97; value in books, 114–15; and Virtue, 110, 167–8, 218; Way, 66; written teachings, 297; Yen Kang Tiao on, 194–5
Tao Te Ching, xiii, xv, xvii–xviii, xxi, xxvi
Taoism; xiii, xx, xxviii, 3, 12, 13–15, 23, 30, 35
Te (Virtue), xxvii, 66, 68, 70, see also Virtue
templates, 72, 78
ten things to be believed by noblemen, 93
Teng Hang, 227
Teng Ling, 299
that and this, 12–13, 15–16
thieves, 76–8
Three Dynasties, 67 and n., 68, 80, 88, 141
Three Kings, 138 and n.
Ti people, 250
Tiao Ling, 174–5
Tien Cheng, Lord, 76–7
Tien Ho, 217 and n.
Tien Kai Chih, 159
Tien Ken, 61
Tien Mou, Marquis, 227
Tien Pien, 301–2
Tien Tzu Fang, 177–85
Ting (cook), 22
transformation of things, 20, 153–4, 166, 180
transmutation of species, 153–4 and n.
travelling, 168–9, 173, 222, 240
trees; Apricot Tree Altar, 280; bamboo, 154; cause of own destruction, 36; Chun, 2; cinnamon, 36; cutting down, 34–5, 121; huge, 167–75; hundred-year-old, 104; oak tree of Chu Yuan, 33; old, 167; within own boundaries, 113; pines and cypresses, 257; straight, 170; useless, 6, 33–5, 167; varnish, 36
Truth, 143, 177, 284
true man, 47–9,
Tsang (state), 182
Tsang Wu, 238
Tsao Shang, 290–91
Tseng, 66 and n., 69, 79, 82, 84–5
Tseng Shen (Tzu), 236 and n., 246, 254–5
Tsui Chu, 84
Tsun Lu, 79 and n.
Tsung Chih (state), 27
Tsung (ruler), 17
Tung, Kuo, Master, 193
Tung Ting, Lake, 119
Tung Wu, 217
Tung Yeh Chi, 163
turtles, 145, 239–40
Tzu Chang, 267
Tzu Chi (hermit), 127, 218–19, 246
Tzu Chi (War Minister), 253
Tzu Chou Chih Fu, 249
Tzu Chou Chih Po, 249
Tzu Hsu, 150 and n., 270
Tzu Kao, Duke, 30
Tzu Kung, 54–5, 99–100, 124, 152, 254, 256, 280
Tzu Lao, 229
Tzu Lu, 112, 144, 229, 256–7, 265 and n., 280, 285
Tzu Yang (Prime Minister of Cheng), 252
Uncle Cripple, 151
Uncle Legless, 151
understanding; application of, 47; complete, 14; with heart, not ears, 29; heaven, 47; how people feel, 27; Lao Tzu on, 201–2; learning, 52; limitations of, 144–6; by men of old, 14; people’s hearts, 178; of petty person, 290; sages, 16; of the small and great, 2; true depth of, 9; of true man, 47; use of words in, 15, 18; ways of humanity, 47; without virtue, 225. See also knowledge; wisdom
unity from difference, 13–14, 38–9
universe; what is beyond boundaries of, 16
uselessness, 33–6; Chuang Tzu on, 240; usefulness of the useless, 36; useless trees, 6, 33–5; of words, xxv–xxvi
Vast (fish), 1, 2–3
Virtue; in actionless action, 118; central, 293; deformed in terms of, 35; despoiling world’s, 82; deterioration of, 134; distress avoided by virtuous man, 30; eight Virtues, 16–17; of Emperors and kings, 98, 107–9; enough to please one leader, 3; era of, 264; five evil Virtues, 293; five Virtues, 119; harmony in, 39; of Heaven, 112, 131, 143; highest, 263; and humility, 39–40; illuminating life, 17; man of Regal, 94; misuse of power of, 66; nobleman of
