This particular work, written by Li Yuanzhuo/李元卓, is a series of ten essays. Nine of them are on subjects draw from the Zhuangzi, & the remaining one is from the Liezi. Which is an extremely Confucian way of saying all ten of these essays draw their topics from the Zhuangzi. These essays will focus on & examine a key concept introduced in each of these famous chapters.
莊周夢蝴蝶論第一/Number 1: On Zhuang Zhou’s Butterfly Dream
庖丁解牛論第二/Number 2: On Cook Ding Butchering the Ox
藏舟山於壑澤論第三/Number 3: On Hiding a Boat in a Pool on the Mountain
顏回坐忘論第四/Number 4: On Yan Hui’s Sitting & Forgetting
季咸相壺子論第五/Number 5: On Ji Xian Appraising Hu Zi
象罔得玄珠論第六/Number 6: On Xiang Wang Obtaining the Black Pearl
莊子遊濠梁論第七/Number 7: On Zhuangzi Walking on the Hao River Dam
醉者墜車論第八/Number 8: On the Drunkard Falling from the Carriage
古之道衛論第九/Number 9: On Guarding the Dao of the Ancients
宋華子病忘論第十/Number 10: On Song Hua Zi Forgetting Illness
Lessons Learned in the World of Martial Arts 