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The Essential
CHIJANG T/Ll
Translated from the
Chinese by
SAM HAM I LL
and
J.P. SEATON
SHAMBHALA
Boston & London
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© 1998 by Sam Hamill and J. P. Seaton
Portions of this book have been previously published in
American Poetry Review
and
Five Points.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may bereproduced in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by anyinformation storage and retrieval system, withoutpermission in writing from the publisher.
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The Library of Congress catalogs the hardcover edition of this book as follows:
Chuang-tzu.
[
Nan-hua thing English]The essential teachings of Chuang-Tzu/translated by
Sam Hamill and J. P. Seaton.
p.
cm.
ISBN
1-57062-336-8 (alk.paper)
ISBN
1-57062-457-7
(pbk.)
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Hamill, Sam. II. Seaton, Jerome P. III. Title.
BL1900.C46E5
1998
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Burton Watson
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Christopher Yohmei Blasdel,
Jerry Douglas,
Russ
Barenberg,
and Edgar
Meyer
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Contents
Foreword
ix
Translators' Introduction
xv
Free and Easy Wandering
12
All Things Being Equal
8
Nurturing Life
19
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In the Human World
22
The Sign and Seal of the Power of VirtueStanding on Its Own Two Feet
33
',The Great Ancestral Teacher
41
Answers for Emperors and Kings
53
2
Webbed Toes
58
Horses' Hooves
63
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Baggage Gets Stolen
66
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Staying Home, Possessing Nothing
71
12Heaven and Earth
81
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