Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi, ch. 8: "Webbed Toes" (Pianmu)
Later compilation
Zhuangzi, ch. 8: "Webbed Toes" (Pianmu)
《莊子·駢拇》
It compares the benevolence and righteousness of the Confucians to webbed toes or a sixth finger: superfluous additions to human nature. It censures moralists, rhetoricians and refined musicians alike, and concludes that the saintly Bo Yi and Robber Zhi, one for fame and one for gain, were lost in the same way.
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Authorship note
Outer chapter (waipian). Not by Zhuang Zhou, even though the book circulates under his name: it belongs to the schools that claimed him between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE, and its present form is that of Guo Xiang's recension (c. 300 CE). Graham attributes it to the "Primitivist", an anonymous author of about the end of the Qin (c. 205 BCE) who idealises life before civilisation.
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English
Zhuangzi
Chuang Tzŭ, ch. 8: Joined Toes
The Conscious LibraryChuang Tzŭ, ch. 8: Joined Toes
Bernard Quaritch / Wikisource, 1889
Translation: Herbert A. Giles
Dominio público (Giles murió en 1935).
Français
Zhuangzi
Œuvre de Tchoang-tzeu, Chapitre 8. Pieds palmés
The Conscious LibraryŒuvre de Tchoang-tzeu, Chapitre 8. Pieds palmés
Imprimerie de Hien-hien / Wikisource, 1913
Translation: Léon Wieger
Dominio público (Wieger murió en 1933).
Chino clásico · 文言
Zhuangzi
莊子·駢拇
The Conscious Library莊子·駢拇
Wikisource (recensión de Guo Xiang)
Texto chino de dominio público.
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- Zhuangzi, ch. 2: "Discussion on Making All Things Equal" (Qiwu lun) · 300
- Zhuangzi, ch. 3: "The Secret of Caring for Life" (Yangsheng zhu) · 300
- Zhuangzi, ch. 4: "In the World of Men" (Renjian shi) · 300
- Zhuangzi, ch. 5: "The Sign of Virtue Complete" (Dechong fu) · 300
- Zhuangzi, ch. 6: "The Great and Venerable Teacher" (Da zongshi) · 300
- Zhuangzi, ch. 7: "Fit for Emperors and Kings" (Ying diwang) · 300
- Zhuangzi, ch. 9: "Horses' Hoofs" (Mati) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 10: "Rifling Trunks" (Quqie) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 11: "Let It Be, Leave It Alone" (Zaiyou) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 12: "Heaven and Earth" (Tiandi) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 13: "The Way of Heaven" (Tiandao) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 14: "The Turning of Heaven" (Tianyun) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 15: "Constrained in Will" (Keyi) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 16: "Mending the Inborn Nature" (Shanxing) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 17: "Autumn Floods" (Qiushui) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 18: "Supreme Happiness" (Zhile) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 19: "Mastering Life" (Dasheng) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 20: "The Mountain Tree" (Shanmu) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 21: "Tian Zifang" (Tian Zifang) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 22: "Knowledge Wandered North" (Zhi beiyou) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 23: "Gengsang Chu" (Gengsang Chu) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 24: "Xu Wugui" (Xu Wugui) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 25: "Zeyang" (Zeyang) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 26: "External Things" (Waiwu) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 27: "Imputed Words" (Yuyan) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 28: "Giving Away a Throne" (Rangwang) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 29: "Robber Zhi" (Daozhi) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 30: "Discoursing on Swords" (Shuojian) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 31: "The Old Fisherman" (Yufu) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 32: "Lie Yukou" (Lie Yukou) · 200
- Zhuangzi, ch. 33: "The World" (Tianxia) · 200
Sources
- Roth, Harold D. «Chuang tzu 莊子». En Michael Loewe (ed.), Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China / Institute of East Asian Studies, 1993, pp. 56–66.
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