A Page Wiser

A Page Wiser · Zhuangzi in 30 Pages

One page a day. Ancient wisdom for the life you're living now.

One page a day, step by step, from the great bird's take-off to the quiet beauty of heaven and earth.

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How each page works

  1. 1A short passageA few lines of Zhuangzi, translated, with key words.
  2. 2Step by stepFirst, second, third, like sitting in a good classroom.
  3. 3One line to carryA sentence to take into your day.
  4. 4One questionWrite it down. Your notes stay on your device.

Course map · Zhuangzi in 30 Pages

Prologue · Free WanderingA person can become great

01A Fish in the Northern Dark02Shallow Water Cannot Float a Ship03The Cicada and the Dove Laugh04The Perfect Person Has No Self05The Use of the Useless06The Piping of Heaven07The Butterfly Dream

I · The Troubles of the WorldFirst, see the trouble clearly

08Three in the Morning09The Mantis and the Chariot10My Life Has a Limit11The Phoenix and the Dead Rat12Dragging My Tail in the Mud

II · Fasting of the HeartMake room in the heart

13Fasting of the Heart14Sitting and Forgetting15An Empty Room Fills with Light16What Cannot Be Helped17Crippled Shu18Forgetting Each Other in Rivers and Lakes

III · Bend Outside, Steady InsideGo with the world without losing yourself

19Not Competing with the World20Two Great Duties21Between Useful and Useless
22The Wooden Rooster
23Drumming on a Basin
24The Centre of the Ring

IV · From Truth to BeautyFrom skill to Dao; the beauty of everything

25Cook Ding Carves an Ox
26The Hunchback Catching Cicadas
27A Mind Like Still Water
28The Joy of Fish
29The Dao Is in the Dung
30Heaven and Earth Are Beautiful and Silent

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