Zhuangzi

Zhuangzi in 30 Pages

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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Prologue · Free WanderingA person can become great

01A Fish in the Northern Dark 02Shallow Water Cannot Float a Ship 03The Cicada and the Dove Laugh 04The Perfect Person Has No Self 05The Use of the Useless 06The Piping of Heaven 07The Butterfly Dream

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

08Three in the Morning 09The Mantis and the Chariot 10My Life Has a Limit 11The Phoenix and the Dead Rat 12Dragging My Tail in the Mud

II · Fasting of the HeartMake room in the heart

13Fasting of the Heart 14Sitting and Forgetting 15An Empty Room Fills with Light 16What Cannot Be Helped 17Crippled Shu 18Forgetting Each Other in Rivers and Lakes

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

19Not Competing with the World 20Two Great Duties 21Between 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