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Shijing ↓ Lunyu ↓ Daxue ↓ Zhongyong ↓ Sanzijing ↓ Yijing ↓ Daodejing ↓ Tangshi ↓ Sunzi ↓ 36ji ↓
Section I — Lessons from the states
1. The odes of Zhou and the South
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2. The odes of Shao and the South
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3. The odes of Bei
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4. The odes of Yong
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5. The odes of Wei
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6. The odes of Wang
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7. The odes of Zheng
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8. The odes of Qi
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9. The odes of Wei
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10. The odes of Tang
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11. The odes of Qin
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12. The odes of Chen
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13. The odes of Kuai
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14. The odes of Cao
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15. The odes of Bin
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Section II — Minor odes of the kingdom
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2. Decade of Baihua
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3. Decade of Tong Gong
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4. Decade of Qi Fu
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5. Decade of Xiao Min
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6. Decade of Bei Shan
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7. Decade of Sand Hu
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8. Decade of Du Ren Shi
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Section III — Greater odes of the kingdom
1. Decade of Wen Wang
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2. Decade of Sheng Min
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3. Decade of Dang
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Section IV — Odes of the temple and the Altar
1. Sacrificial odes of Zhou, decade of Qing Miao
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2. Sacrificial odes of Zhou, decade of Chen Gong
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3. Sacrificial odes of Zhou, decade of Min You Xiao Zi
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4. Praise-songs of Lu
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5. Sacrificial odes of Shang
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Section I —
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Section II —
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I — Confucius' text
II — Zengzi's First Commentary
III — Zengzi's Second Commentary
IV — Zengzi's Third Commentary
V — Zengzi's Fourth Commentary
VI — Zengzi's Fifth Commentary
VII — Zengzi's Sixth Commentary
VIII — Zengzi's Seventh Commentary
IX — Zengzi's Eighth Commentary
XI — Zengzi's Tenth Commentary
I — "The sum of the whole work"
II — Only the superior man can follow the Mean; the mean man is always violating it.
III — The rarity, long existing in Confucius's time, of the practice of the Mean.
IV — How it was that few were able to practice the Mean.
V — "The Path of the Mean is untrodden"
VI — How Shun pursued the course of the Mean.
VII — Their contrary conduct shows men's ignorance of the course and nature of the Mean.
VIII — How Hûi held fast the course of the Mean.
IX — The difficulty of attaining to the course of the Mean.
X — On energy in its relation to the Mean.
XI — Only the sage man can come up to the requirements of the Mean.
XII — The course of the Mean reaches far and wide, but yet is secret.
XV — In the practice of the Mean there is an orderly advance from step to step.
XVI — An illustration, from the operation and influence of spiritual beings, of the way of the Mean.
XVIII — On king Wan, king Wû and the duke of Châu.
XIX — The far-reaching filial piety of king Wû, and of the duke of Châu.
XXI — The reciprocal connection of sincerity and intelligence.
XXII — The results of sincerity; and how the possessor of it forms a ternion with Heaven and Earth.
XXIII — The way of man;– the development of perfect sincerity in those not naturally possessed of it.
XXIV — That entire sincerity can foreknow.
XXV — How from sincerity comes self-completion, and the completion of others and of things.
XXVII — The glorious path of the Sage; and how the superior man endeavors to attain to it.
XXVIII — An illustration of the sentence in the last chapter– "In a low situation he is not insubordinate."
XXXI — The eulogium on Confucius continued.
XXXII — The eulogium of Confucius concluded.
XXXIII — The commencement and the completion of a virtuous course.
I — The Basics
III — About Classic Texts
IV — About History
Section I — The Way
1. The Way that can be told of is not an Unvarying Way.
2. Because every one recognizes beauty as beauty, ugliness exists.
3. Cease to set store by products that are hard to get...
4. The Way is like an empty vessel.
5. Heaven and Earth are ruthless.
6. The Valley Spirit never dies.
7. Heaven is eternal, the Earth everlasting.
8. The highest good is like that of water.
9. Stretch a bow to the very full...
10. Can you keep the unquiet physical-soul from straying ?
11. We put thirty spokes together and call it a wheel...
12. The fives colours confuse the eye...
13. Favour and disgrace goad as it were to madness...
14. Because the eye gazes but can catch no glimpse of it, it is called elusive.
15. Of old those that were the best officers of Court...
16. Push far enough towards the Void, Hold fast enough to Quietness...
17. Of the highest the people merely know that such a one exists...
18. It was when the Great Way declined that human kindness and morality arose.
19. Banish wisdom, discard knowledge...
20. Between wei and o what after all is the difference?
21. Such the scope of the All-pervading Power...
22. “To remain whole, be twisted!”
23. To be always talks is against nature.
24. 'He who stands on tip-toe, does not stand firm...
25. There was something formless yet complete...
26. As the heavy must be the foundation of the light...
27. Perfect activity leaves no track behind it...
28. “He who knows the males, yet cleaves to what is female”...
29. Those that would gain what is under heaven by tampering with it...
30. He who by Tao purposes to help a ruler of men...
31. Fine weapons are none the less ill-omened things.
32. Tao is eternal, but has no fame.
33. To understand others is to have knowledge...
34. Great Tao is like a boat that drifts...
35. He who holding the Great From goes about his work in the empire...
36. What is in the end to be shrunk must first be stretched...
37. Tao never does; yet through it all things are done.
Section II — The Power
38. The man of highest “power” does not reveal himself...
39. As for the things that from of old have understood the Whole...
40. In Tao the only motion is returning; the only useful quality, weakness.
41. When the man of highest capacities hears Tao...
42. Tao gave birth to the One...
43. What is of all things most yielding...
44. Fame or one's own self, which matters to one most?
45. What is most perfect seems to have something missing...
46. When there is Tao in the empire the galloping steeds are turned back...
47. Without leaving his door, he knows everything under heaven.
48. Learning consists in adding to one's stock day by day...
49. The Sage has no heart of his own...
50. He who aims at life achieves death.
51. Tao gave them birth...
52. That which was the beginning of all things under heaven...
53. He who has the least scrap of sense...
54. What Tao plants cannot be plucked, what Tao clasps, cannot slip.
55. The impunity of things fraught with the “power”...
56. Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know.
57. “Kingdoms can only be governed if rules are kept”...
58. When the ruler looks repressed the people will be happy and satisfied.
59. You cannot rule men nor serve heaven unless you have laid up a store...
60. Ruling a large kingdom is indeed like cooking small fish.
61. A large kingdom must be like the low ground...
62. Tao in the Universe is like the south-west corner in the house.
63. It acts without action, finds flavour in what is flavourless...
64. “What stays still is easy to hold”...
65. Those who practiced Tao with success did not enlighten the people...
66. How did the great rivers and seas get their kingship?
67. Every one under heaven says that our Way is greatly like folly.
68. The best charioteers do not rush ahead...
69. “When you doubt your ability to meet the enemy's attack”...
70. My words are very easy to understand and very easy to put into practice...
71. “To know when one does not know is best”...
72. Never mind if the people are not intimidated by your authority.
73. He whose braveness lies in daring, slays.
74. The people are not frightened of death...
75. The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain.
76. When he is born, man is soft and weak; in death he becomes stiff and hard.
77. Heaven's way is like the bending of a bow.
78. Nothing under heaven is softer or more yielding than water...
79. To allay the main discontent...
80. Given a small country with few inhabitants...
81. True words are not fine-sounding; fine-sounding words are not true.
Section I — Five-character-ancient-verse
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Section II — Folk-song-styled-verse
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Section III — Seven-character-ancient-verse
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Section V — Five-character-regular-verse
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Section VII — Five-character-quatrain
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I — Laying Plans
II — Waging War
III — Attack By Stratagem
V — Energy
VII — Maneuvering
VIII — Variation In Tactics
X — Terrain
XI — The Nine Situations
XII — The Attack By Fire
XIII — The Use Of Spies
Section — Six by six : thirty-six
0. Six by six : thirty-six
Section I — Stratagems when in a superior position
1. Fool the Emperor to Cross the Sea
2. Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao
3. Kill with a Borrowed Sword
4. Await the Exhausted Enemy at Your Ease
5. Loot a Burning House
6. Clamor in the East, Attack in the West
Section II — Stratagems for confrontation
7. Create Something From Nothing
8. Openly Repair The Walkway, Secretly March to Chencang
9. Observe the Fire on the Opposite Shore
10. Hide Your Dagger Behind a Smile
11. Sacrifice the Plum Tree In Place of the Peach
12. Seize the Opportunity To Lead a Sheep Away
Section III — Stratagems for attack
13. Beat The Grass To Startle The Snake
14. Borrow a Corpse to Raise the Spirit
15. Lure the Tiger Down the Mountain
16. To Catch Something, First Let It Go
17. Toss Out A Brick To Attract Jade
18. To Catch the Bandits First Capture Their Leader
Section IV — Stratagems for confused situations
19. Steal The Firewood From Under the Pot
20. Trouble The Water To Catch The Fish
21. Shed Your Skin Like the Golden Cicada
22. Shut the Door to Catch the Thief
23. Befriend a Distant Enemy to Attack One Nearby
24. Borrow the Road to Conquer Guo
Section V — Stratagems for gaining ground
25. Replace The Beams With Rotten Timbers
26. Point At The Mulberry But Curse The Locust Tree
27. Feign Madness But Keep Your Balance
28. Lure Your Enemy Onto the Roof, Then Take Away the Ladder
29. Tie Silk Blossoms to the Dead Tree
30. Exchange the Role of Guest for that of Host
Section VI — Stratagems for desperate situations
31. The Strategy of Beautiful Women
32. The Strategy of Open City Gates
33. The Strategy of Sowing Discord
34. The Strategy of Injuring Yourself
35. The Tactic of Combining Tactics
36. If All Else Fails Retreat
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