A General Index to the Names and Subject-Matter of the Sacred Books of the East — SBE Vol. 50 (compiled by M. Winternitz, 1910)

there are things he must do, 39, 305 sq., 305 n. ; without comprehending the T., no course can be pursued successfully, 39, 306 ; the ancients who ruled according to the T. did nothing, and everything was done, 39, 307 sq. ; pure simplicity of the

Embryonic Age possessed by the Master of the T., 39, 319-22 ; Heaven must be understood first, then the T., 39, 336 ; four other steps to be taken before speaking to the Great T., 39, 337; cannot be learnt from books, 39, 343 sq. ; how moral qualities appear as results of the T., 39, 369 ; Yao and Shun left the T. and substituted the Good for it, pursuing the course of Haphazard Virtue, 39, 370; the sages who preserved the T. in their own persons, 39, 371 sq. ; looked at in the light of the T. all things are serviceable, and all things are unserviceable, 39, 379 sq. ; do not by the Human extinguish what is Heavenly, guard the T., this is reverting to your True Nature, 39, 384 ; let your abode be in the T. and its Attributes, 40, 28 ; enjoying oneself with the T. in the land of Great Vacuity, 40, 31; he who possesses the T. and its Attributes cannot be in distress, 40, 36 sq. ; those who know the T. do not speak of it ; those who speak of it, do not know it, 40, 58 ; /<? exercise no thought and no anxious consideration is the first step towards knowing the T. ; to dwell nowhere and do nothing is the first step towards resting in the T. ; to start from noTjdhere and pursue no path is the first step towards making the T. your own^ 40, 58 ; put away all that obstructs the free course of the T., 40, 87 sq. ; the rule of the T. to be followed by sovereigns, 40, 119 sq. ; not to be taught to everybody, 40, 200 ; those who possess the T., do not know it, 40, 205 ; 'to know the T. and not to speak of it is the way to attain to the Heavenly, 40, 205 sq. ; * slaughtering the dragon' means learning the T./ 40, 206 n. ; the method of the T. as opposed to other methods employed in the regulation of the world, 40, 214 ; the perfect system of the T. in antiquity, 40, 214- 18, 221, 223, 225, 227; how the system of the T. was gradually obscured and torn in fragments, 40, 216 sq. ; how to become a Possessor of the T., 40, 251-3, 282 sq. ; those 2in antiquity, 40, 214- 18, 221, 223, 225, 227; how the system of the T. was gradually obscured and torn in fragments, 40, 216 sq. ; how to become a Possessor of the T., 40, 251-3, 282 sq. ; those who hold the attributes of the T. and display them, are not Possessors of the T., 40, 253 ; the reason why all men do not obtain the True T., 40, 253 sq.; they who understand the True T. obtain it and abide in Purity and Stillness, 40, 254; for Heaven now to give life and now to take it away is the method of the T., 40, 260 ; sincerity the first step toward the T., 40, 266 sq. ; to be one with the T. is the True Forgetfulness,40, 267 ; by acquiring the True T., the stupid become wise and the coarse become fine, 40, 268 ; after the T. was abandoned, people began to practise benevolence, righteousness, ceremonies, and music, 40, 284 ; enjoyment in the T. only to be found by * emptying one's self,' 40, 288 sq. ; Lao-gze's aim to lead men back to the T., 40, 314. See also Morality (d), Taoism, described as rationalism, 3, xxi ; Sacred Books of T., 3, xxi sq. ;

40, 139 n., 238 n., 266, 288, 293; its moral teaching, 39, 30-3 ; old T. not a religion, 39, 41 ; worship of the ' Three Pure Ones,' 39, 43 ; dreams of Taoists about the elixir vitae and life-preserving pills, 39, 103 ; definitions and illustrations of the perfect Taoist, 39, 127 sq., 168- 71, 192-4; non-action the essence of T., 39, 137, 142-4, 264-6, 29T-8, 302 sq., 305 sq., 330-8 ; opposed to benevolence, righteousness, arts.