Virtuously Founded, 169
wandering, 1–6, 44, 180, 184, 229, 241, 289
Wang Kuo, 225
Wang Ni, 17–18, 60, 95
Wang Tai (teacher of Lu), 38–9
water, 106, 131; excess of, 237; none greater than the Great Ocean, 137; shores of the Dark Waters, 187; staying close to earth, 222; still, 43; swimming, 158–9, 162; White Waters of the south, 187
wealth, 123, 149, 173, 182, 225, 237, 252, 269–73
webbed toes, 66–8
Wei, Duke, 159
Wei, Prince of Chu, xiv
Wei (state), 26, 32, 41, 120, 178, 228, 251; King of, 5–6, 172
Wei Lei, mountain of, 199
Wei Lu, 138
Wei Mou, 256
Wen, King, 182–3 and n., 275–8
Wen, Marquis of Wei, 177 and n.
Wen Hui, 22–3
Wen Po Hsueh Tzu, 178
wisdom; description of, 69–70; lack of, 4–5; limits of, 240; and virtue, 241; words of, 9. See also knowledge; understanding
woodcarving, 162–3
words; Argument Without Words, 218; change of meaning of, 15–16; of Chuang Tzu, 304; of Confucius, 28; conveying joy and pleasure, 31; flowing, 244–5; forgetting, 242; of guidance, 180–81; meaning of, 12; need for, 15; quotes, 244; speech without, 217–18; supposed, 244–7, 304; of Tao, 18; teaching without, 38; uselessness of, xxv–xxvi; Words–of-Actionless-Action, 187–9, 195
world; leaving open, 82; out and about in, 26–36. See also Earth
Wu, King, 102 and n., 141 and n., 216, 265, 269
Wu, Marquis of Wei, 210–11
Wu (state), 253
Wu Chuang, 57
Wu Hou, 299
Wu Kuang, 242, 257–8
Wu Ting (state), 51
Wu Tse, 257
Wu Tzu Hsu, 266
Wu Yun, 236
Yan Tzu Chu, 61–2
yang, 10, 30, 53, 191; going wrong, 236; harming, 82; harmony of, 119; in harmony with yin, 134, 192; perfect, 86, 180; for yang, 215
Yang (teacher), 67 and n., 79
Yang Huo, 144 and n.
Yang Tzu, 175
Yang Tzu Chu, 247
Yangists, 214
Yangtse River, 138, 216, 239
Yao (Emperor of mythology), 3–5 and n., 17, 27, 50, 57, 76, 82, 84, 95–6, 104, 111, 112, 141, 144, 169, 214, 220–21, 242, 249, 264, 265 and n.
Yeh Chueh, 17, 60
Yellow Emperor, 18 and n., 51, 57, 84, 85–6, 94–5, 112, 118–19, 134, 151, 168, 187–9, 197, 212–13, 264–5
Yellow River, 289, 293; Lord of, xxi, 137, 138–42
Yellow Springs of the Underworld, 146
Yen Chung Yu, Master, 8–9
Yen Gate, 242
Yen Ho, 32, 251–2, 291
Yen Hui (Prince of Wei), 26, 28–9, 56, 57–8, 173, 181, 255–6. See also Yen
Yen Yuan
Kang Tiao, 194
Yen Pu, 217
Yen (state), 141n., 219
Yen Yuan, 120, 152, 158, 183, 197, 285. See also Yen Hui (Prince of Wei)
Yi the Archer, 40, 208, 214
Yi Chieh, 225
Yi Erh Tzu, 56–7
Yi Yin, 208, 258
yin, 10; going wrong, 236; harming, 82; harmony of, 119; in harmony with yang, 134, 192; perfect, 86, 180; for yin, 215
Yin (gatekeeper), 157. See also Kuan Yin
Yin Wen, 300
Ying (state), 215–16, 253
Ying of Wei, 227
Ying river, 257
Yu (holy sage), 11, 27, 29, 52–3, 58, 96; rule of, 102, 145
Yu Chu (fisherman), 239
Yu Erh (chef), 69
Yu Hu (state), 27
Yuan (ruler of Sung), 182, 216, 239
Yuan Fung, 101
Yuan Hsien, 254 and n.
Yueh (sheep-butcher), 253–4
Yueh (state), 5–6, 11, 38, 250–51; exile from, 211
Yun Chiang, 87–8
Yung Chen, 79 and n., 227
