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2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ 32101 075386415 cen dipeeeenwreeennemaear net eeec enti ID til eee nr Orne OO tte ete cette ti te COLI Fem ' 'PRARY, APH. 7 1896 PRINCETON, N. J: COM EAR) ‘SRARY Arh 7 agg” PRINCETON, N. J. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST [40] Tondon HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AMEN CORNER, E.C, THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. XL @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1891 [All rights reserved } Oxford PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY THE SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA THE TEXTS OF TAOISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE PART II THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-3ZE BOOKS XVIII—XXXIII THE THAI-SHANG TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS APPENDIXES I-VIII @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1891 [All rights reserved) TIE vol, Fo PER CONTENTS. THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-3ZE. PART II. BOOK PAGE XVIII. xi. ih Lo, or Perfect Enjoyment . : . . ot XIX. xii. Ta Shang, or the Full Understanding of Life . . It XX. xiii. Shan M(, or the Tree on the Mountain . : - 27 XXI. xiv. Thien 3ze-fang : . 42 XXII. xv. Xih Pei YG, or Knowledge Rambling j in ‘the N orth 57 PART III. XXIII. i. Kang-sang KAA. . . . : - 74 XXIV. ii. Hsii Wa-kwei : . : : : . - Ol XXV. iii. 3eh-yang . . : - 114 XXVI. iv. WaA&i Wa, or What comes ‘from Without _ : . 131 XXVII.v. Yii Yen, or Metaphorical Language . . . 142 XXVIII. vi. Zang Wang, or Kings who have wished to resign the Throne : . . . - 149 XXIX. vii. Tao Xih, or the Robber Ki h. : . . . 166 XXX. viii. Yiieh Kien, or Delight in the Sword-fight . . 186 XXXI. ix. Yii-fG, or the Old Fisherman . . : - 192 XXXII. x. Lieh Yii-khau : . 202 XXXIII. xi. Thien Hsi, or Historical Phases of Taoist Teaching 214 THE THAI-SHANG TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS. Translation of the Tractate . . . . . . . . 235 100410 Vili CONTENTS. APPENDIXES. PAGE I. Khing Kang Xing, or the Classic of Purity . . - 247 II. Yin Fa Xing, or Classic of the Harmony of the Seen and the Unseen. . . - 255 III. Yii Sh Xing, or Classic of the Pivot of Jade . . . 265 IV. Zah Yung Xing, or Classic of the Directory for a Day . 269 V. Analyses by Lin Hsi-f4ung of several of the Books of Kwang-3ze . . . 273 VI. List of Narratives, Apoogues and Stories i in the Writings of Kwang-3ze . . . 298 VII. The Stone Tablet in the Temple of Lowe ‘By Hsieh Tao-hang of the Sui dynasty . . . - 311 VIII. Record for the Sacrificial Hall of Kwang-ye. By Sf Shih 320 INDEX TO VOLS. XXXIX, XL. . . . : . + 325 Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East. . . . + 337 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BOOK XVIII. Part II. Section XI. Kih Lo, or ‘ Perfect Enjoyment '.’
3By Sf Shih 320 INDEX TO VOLS. XXXIX, XL. . . . : . + 325 Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East. . . . + 337 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BOOK XVIII. Part II. Section XI. Kih Lo, or ‘ Perfect Enjoyment '.’ 1. Under the sky is perfect enjoyment to be found or not? Are there any who can preserve themselves alive or not? If there be, what do they do? What do they maintain ? What do they avoid ? What do they attend to? Where do they resort to? Where do they keep from? What do they delight in? What do they dislike ? What the world honours is riches, dignities, longevity,and being deemed able. What it delights in is rest for the body, rich flavours, fine garments, beautiful colours, and pleasant musjc. What it looks down on are poverty and mean condition, short life and being deemed feeble?. What men consider bitter experiences are that their bodies do not get rest and ease, that their mouths do not get food of rich flavour, that their persons are not finely clothed, that their eyes do not see beautiful colours, and that their ears do not listen to pleasant music. If they do not * See vol. xxxix, pp. 149, 150. 2 Of riches, dignities, longevity, and their opposites, enough is said, while the other two qualities are lightly passed over, and referred to only in connexion with ‘ meritorious officers.’ I can only understand them as in the translation. [4°] B 2 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK. XVIII. get these things, they are very sorrowful, and go on to be troubled with fears. Their thoughts are all about the body ;—are they not silly ? Now the rich embitter their lives by their incessant labours ; they accumulate more wealth than they can use :—while they act thus for the body, they make it external to themselves'. Those who seek for honours carry their pursuit of them from the day into the night, full of anxiety about their methods whether they are skilful or not:—while they act thus for the body they treat it as if it were indifferent to them* The birth of man is at the same time the birth of his sorrow; and if he live long he becomes more and more stupid, and the longer is his anxiety that he may not die; how great is his bitterness !—while he thus acts for his body, it is for a distant result. Meritorious officers are regarded by the world as good; but (their goodness) is not sufficient to keep their persons alive. I do not know whether the goodness ascribed to them be really good or really not good. If indeed it be considered good, it is not sufficient to preserve their persons alive; if it be deemed not good, it is sufficient to preserve other men alive. Hence it is said, ‘When faithful remonstrances are not listened to, (the remonstrant) should sit still, let (his ruler) take his course, and not strive with him. Therefore when 3ze-hsii ® strove with (his ruler), he brought on him- 1 If they did not do so, they would be content when they had enough. 2 Wishing to attach it more closely to them.
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1Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that’s often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book’s long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google’s system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google “watermark” you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can’t offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book’s appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ 32101 075386415
2Google Book Search helps readers discover the world’s books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at http: //books.google.com/ 32101 075386415 cen dipeeeenwreeennemaear net eeec enti ID til eee nr Orne OO tte ete cette ti te COLI Fem ' 'PRARY, APH. 7 1896 PRINCETON, N. J: COM EAR) ‘SRARY Arh 7 agg” PRINCETON, N. J. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST [40] Tondon HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AMEN CORNER, E.C, THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MULLER VOL. XL @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1891 [All rights reserved } Oxford PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS BY HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY THE SACRED BOOKS OF CHINA THE TEXTS OF TAOISM TRANSLATED BY JAMES LEGGE PART II THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-3ZE BOOKS XVIII—XXXIII THE THAI-SHANG TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS APPENDIXES I-VIII @rford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1891 [All rights reserved) TIE vol, Fo PER CONTENTS. THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-3ZE. PART II. BOOK PAGE XVIII. xi. ih Lo, or Perfect Enjoyment . : . . ot XIX. xii. Ta Shang, or the Full Understanding of Life . . It XX. xiii. Shan M(, or the Tree on the Mountain . : - 27 XXI. xiv. Thien 3ze-fang : . 42 XXII. xv. Xih Pei YG, or Knowledge Rambling j in ‘the N orth 57 PART III. XXIII. i. Kang-sang KAA. . . . : - 74 XXIV. ii. Hsii Wa-kwei : . : : : . - Ol XXV. iii. 3eh-yang . . : - 114 XXVI. iv. WaA&i Wa, or What comes ‘from Without _ : . 131 XXVII.v. Yii Yen, or Metaphorical Language . . . 142 XXVIII. vi. Zang Wang, or Kings who have wished to resign the Throne : . . . - 149 XXIX. vii. Tao Xih, or the Robber Ki h. : . . . 166 XXX. viii. Yiieh Kien, or Delight in the Sword-fight . . 186 XXXI. ix. Yii-fG, or the Old Fisherman . . : - 192 XXXII. x. Lieh Yii-khau : . 202 XXXIII. xi. Thien Hsi, or Historical Phases of Taoist Teaching 214 THE THAI-SHANG TRACTATE OF ACTIONS AND THEIR RETRIBUTIONS. Translation of the Tractate . . . . . . . . 235 100410 Vili CONTENTS. APPENDIXES. PAGE I. Khing Kang Xing, or the Classic of Purity . . - 247 II. Yin Fa Xing, or Classic of the Harmony of the Seen and the Unseen. . . - 255 III. Yii Sh Xing, or Classic of the Pivot of Jade . . . 265 IV. Zah Yung Xing, or Classic of the Directory for a Day . 269 V. Analyses by Lin Hsi-f4ung of several of the Books of Kwang-3ze . . . 273 VI. List of Narratives, Apoogues and Stories i in the Writings of Kwang-3ze . . . 298 VII. The Stone Tablet in the Temple of Lowe ‘By Hsieh Tao-hang of the Sui dynasty . . . - 311 VIII. Record for the Sacrificial Hall of Kwang-ye. By Sf Shih 320 INDEX TO VOLS. XXXIX, XL. . . . : . + 325 Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East. . . . + 337 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BOOK XVIII. Part II. Section XI. Kih Lo, or ‘ Perfect Enjoyment '.’
3By Sf Shih 320 INDEX TO VOLS. XXXIX, XL. . . . : . + 325 Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East. . . . + 337 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BOOK XVIII. Part II. Section XI. Kih Lo, or ‘ Perfect Enjoyment '.’ 1. Under the sky is perfect enjoyment to be found or not? Are there any who can preserve themselves alive or not? If there be, what do they do? What do they maintain ? What do they avoid ? What do they attend to? Where do they resort to? Where do they keep from? What do they delight in? What do they dislike ? What the world honours is riches, dignities, longevity,and being deemed able. What it delights in is rest for the body, rich flavours, fine garments, beautiful colours, and pleasant musjc. What it looks down on are poverty and mean condition, short life and being deemed feeble?. What men consider bitter experiences are that their bodies do not get rest and ease, that their mouths do not get food of rich flavour, that their persons are not finely clothed, that their eyes do not see beautiful colours, and that their ears do not listen to pleasant music. If they do not * See vol. xxxix, pp. 149, 150. 2 Of riches, dignities, longevity, and their opposites, enough is said, while the other two qualities are lightly passed over, and referred to only in connexion with ‘ meritorious officers.’ I can only understand them as in the translation. [4°] B 2 THE TEXTS OF TAOISM. BK. XVIII. get these things, they are very sorrowful, and go on to be troubled with fears. Their thoughts are all about the body ;—are they not silly ? Now the rich embitter their lives by their incessant labours ; they accumulate more wealth than they can use :—while they act thus for the body, they make it external to themselves'. Those who seek for honours carry their pursuit of them from the day into the night, full of anxiety about their methods whether they are skilful or not:—while they act thus for the body they treat it as if it were indifferent to them* The birth of man is at the same time the birth of his sorrow; and if he live long he becomes more and more stupid, and the longer is his anxiety that he may not die; how great is his bitterness !—while he thus acts for his body, it is for a distant result. Meritorious officers are regarded by the world as good; but (their goodness) is not sufficient to keep their persons alive. I do not know whether the goodness ascribed to them be really good or really not good. If indeed it be considered good, it is not sufficient to preserve their persons alive; if it be deemed not good, it is sufficient to preserve other men alive. Hence it is said, ‘When faithful remonstrances are not listened to, (the remonstrant) should sit still, let (his ruler) take his course, and not strive with him. Therefore when 3ze-hsii ® strove with (his ruler), he brought on him- 1 If they did not do so, they would be content when they had enough. 2 Wishing to attach it more closely to them.
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