"Awakening to the Dao" written in Chr.E. 1816 by Liu I-min (Chr.E. c. 1737-1826)

pp. 481-542 Part 1 = Contemplations

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483

1

The Height of Heaven, the Thickness of Earth

483-4

2

The Shining of the Sun & Moon

484-5

3

Thunder & Wind

485

4

The Alternation of the 4 Seasons

485-6

5

The Moon Borrows the Sun's Light

486-7

6

Steadying the Furnace & Setting-up the Caldron

487

7

Fire & Water Mirrors

487-8

8

Dung Beetles

488

9

Lead & Quicksilver

488-9

10

Planting Wheat & Planting Flax

489-90

11

Grafting Peaches & Grafting Plums

490

12

A Hair Turning into a Water-Snake

490-1

13

The Crane & the Tortoise

491

14

The Freezing of Water & the Melting of Ice

491-2

15

The Flourishing of Trees, the Extension of Streams

492-3

16

The Heart of the Pine, the Joints of Bamboo

493

17

Wood & Charcoal, Clay & Brick

493-4

18

The Flesh & Hair of Corpses

494-495

19

Water Rising, Fire Descending

495

20

Melon Seeds

495-6

21

Murky Water, Dusty Mirror

496

22

The Heat of Movement, the Coldness of Stillness

497

23

Earth Mounds, Giant Trees

497-8

24

Filling Concavities, Wearing away Protuberances

498

25

Carp & Foxes

498-9

26

Transformations of a Spiritual Dragon

499-500

27

Dead Trees, Colds Ashes

500

28

Contact with Rouge, Contact with Soot

500-1

29

The Natural Reality of the Infant

501

30

Bellows

501-2

31

The Handle of the Big Dipper

502

32

Lunatics & Drunkards

502-503

33

Lifting the Rope, Lifting the Collar

503

34

Washing out Gold, Sorting out Jade

504

35

Drawing Water with a Well-Sweep

504-5

36

The Flowers and Fruits of Plants & of Trees

505

37

Effigies

505-6

38

Lamplight

506-7

39

Wine from Mash, Gruel from Rice

507-8

40

Bells Ring, Drums Resound

508

41

Marionettes & Kites

508-9

42

Parrots & Monkeys

509

43

Elm Sheaths, Shepherd's Purse, & Wheat

509-10

44

Desiring Water & Fire

510-1

45

Heading South, Heading North

511

46

Cutting Weeds, Planting Trees

512

47

A Pitcher Full, a Pitcher Half Full

512-3

48

Pottery & Decoration

513-4

49

Having a Body, Having Energy

514

50

An Empty Valley Transmitting a Voice

514-5

51

Scale & Ruler

515-6

52

Raft & Net

516-7

53

Hibernating Insects Returning to Life

517

54

The Oyster's Pearl, the Hen's Egg

517-8

55

The Phoinix & the Peacock

518-9

56

Midday & the Full Moon

519-20

57

The Dreaming of the Sleeper

520-1

58

Commerce

521-2

59

The Wild Monkey, the Stubborn Horse

522-3

60

Male & Female Reproducing

523-4

61

Opening Doors & Shutters

524-5

62

The Go-Between

525-6

63

Tasting That Which Thou Eatest

526-7

64

Climbing a Mountain, Crossing a River

528

65

Moths & Worms

528-9

66

The Silkworm’s Thread, the Bee’s Honey

529-30

67

Borrowing Seed from Another

530-1

68

Turtles Hiding, Fishes Lurking

531-2

69

When Oil and Coal Deplete

532-3

70

The Waterlily in the Mud, the Chrysanthemum in the Frost

533

71

The Lamp-Cover & the Brazier-Screen

533-4

72

Roundness & Squareness

534-5

73

A Broken Pot, a Leaking Jar

535-6

74

The Mindlessness of an Infant"

536-7

75

Building a Foundation & Raising a House

537-8

76

The Alchemical Workshop & Vessels

538-9

77

Caterpillars & Polliwogs

539-41

78

The Racehorse & the Nag

541-2

79

Red Flowers & Green Leaves

pp. 543-561 Part 2 = Refrains of Lament

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545

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Pursuing Dead Matter

 

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Values

 

3

The Blind Leading the Blind

545-6

4

The Open Gate

546

5

Decline in Daoism

 

6

Seek Guidance

 

7

Degenerate Daoists

547

8

Artificial Exercises

 

9

Dragon-Head, Snake-Tail

 

10

The Normal Dao

 

11

The Invisibility of Daoism

548

12

The Teaching of the Way

 

13

Awakening

 

14

Flexibility

 

15

Resolution

549

16

Vacuous Dilletantes

 

17

Opening the Mysterious Female

 

18

The Usefulness of the Dao

549-50

19

In & Beyond the World

550

20

Trivializations & Bastardizations

 

21

Sincerity

 

22

The Marvel of the Dao

550-1

23

Non-rei:fication

551

24

False Students

 

25

Access to the Dao

 

26

Worthy Action

551-2

27

Finding the Dao

552

28

Nigh Yet Far

 

29

A Long Road

 

30

Learning the Way

552-3

31

Balance in the Centre

553

32

No Way to Fake It

 

33

The Impartiality of the Dao

 

34

The Parting of the Roads

553-4

35

Praecipitous Routes

554

36

The Pretious Pearl at Hand

 

37

The Dao & Its Methods

 

38

Inner Design

554-5

39

The Taste of the Dao

555

40

Find It or Forget It

 

41

A Ladder to the Heights

 

42

The Unfathomable Dao

555-6

43

Immortality

556

44

Right at Home

 

45

No Bias

 

46

Reversal of Time

556-7

47

Stupidity & Madness

557

48

Independence

 

49

The Source of Difficulties

 

50

Witness, Practice, Experience, Transmission

557-8

51

The Original Real Human

558

52

The Stateless State

 

53

Rush Not Blindly

 

54

Guess Not

558-9

55

The Real Body

559

57

How to Act

 

58

Mastery of Openness

 

59

Energy, Vitality, Spirit

559-60

60

The Subtlety of the Dao

560

61

Diligence

 

62

The Uniqueness of the Dao

 

63

The Multi-faceted Dao

560-1

64

The Beginning of the Dao

561

65

Prohibitions

Thomas Cleary (translator): The Taoist Classics, Vol. 3. Shambhala, Boston, 2000. pp. 475-561