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THE WISDOM OF CHINA AND INDIA (G59) Table of Contents Edited by Lin Yutang PART ONE: THE WISDOM OF INDIA INTRODUCTION by Lin Yutang INDIAN PIETY Hymns from the Rigveda Introduction To Indra The Song of Creation To Prajapati To Varuna To Varuna To Visvakarman To Indra Hymn of Man To Liberality To Faith To Night To Dawn The Upanishads Introduction The Story of the Creation The Subtle Essence The True Brahman Emancipation The Conquest of Death The One God The Immanence of God God Is Within You Know God The Lord's Song (The Bhagavad-Gita) Introduction The Blessed Lord's Song The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali Introduction Concentration: Its Spiritual Uses Concentration: Its Practice Powers Independence INDIAN IMAGINATION The Ramayana Introduction Book I Sita-Swayamvara Book II Vana-Gamana-Adesa Book III Dasa-Ratha-Viyoga Book IV Rama-Bharata-Sambada Book V Panchavati Book VI Sita-Harana Book VII Kishkindha Book VIII Sita-Sandcsa Book IX Ravana-Sabha Book X Yuddha Book XI Rajya-Abhisheka Book XII Aswa-Medha INDIAN HUMOR The Fables of Panchatantra Introduction Introduction to the Stories The Frogs That Rode Snakeback The Unforgiving Monkey The Lion-Makers Mouse-Maid Made Mouse The Duel Between Elephant and Sparrow The Heron That Liked Crabmeat The Unteachable Monkey The Brahman's Goat The Snake in the Prince's Belly The Gullible Husband The Butter-Blinded Brahman The Brahman, the Thief and the Ghost The Loyal Mongoose The Mice That Set Elephants Free The Ass in the Tiger-Skin The Farmer's Wife The Brahman's Dream Shell-Neck, Slim, and Grim The Enchanted Parrot Introduction Yasodevi and Her Transmigrations The Queen and the Laughing Fish The Son of Promise Devika and Her Foolish Husband The Lady and the Tiger The Concluding Story BUDDHISM The Dhammapada Introduction The Dhammapada Three Sermons by Buddha Introduction The Sermon at Benares The Sermon on Abuse The Fire Sermon Some Buddhist Parables and Legends Introduction Kisa Gotami The Marriage-Feast in Jambunada Following the Master over the Stream The Greedy Monk A Courtesan Tempts the Monk Ocean-of-Beauty The Light of Asia Introduction The Light of Asia The Surangama Sutra Introduction The Surangama Sutra What Is Nirvana? Introduction What Is Nirvana? GLOSSARY OF HINDU WORDS
PART TWO: THE WISDOM OF CHINA
INTRODUCTION CHINESE MYSTICISM Laotse, the Book of Tao Introduction The Principles of Tao The Application of Tao Chuangtse, Mystic and Humorist Introduction A Happy Excursion On Levelling All Things The Preservation of Life This Human World Deformities, or Evidences of a Full Character The Great Supreme Joined Toes Horses' Hoofs Opening Trunks, or a Protest Against Civilization On Tolerance Autumn Floods CHINESE DEMOCRACY The Book of History, Documents of Chinese Democracy Introduction The Canon of Yao The Counsels of the Great Yu The Counsels of Kao-Yao The Songs of the Five Sons The Announcement of T'ang T'ai Chia The Common Possession of Pure Virtue The Charge to Yueh The Great Declaration The Metal-Bound Coffer The Announcement of the Duke of Shao The Speech of Ch'in Mencius, the Democratic Philosopher Introduction Mencius, the Democratic Philosopher Motse, the Religious Teacher Introduction On the Necessity of Standards On the Importance of a Common Standard Universal Love (II) Universal Love (III) Condemnation of Offensive War (I) Condemnation of Offensive War (II) Condemnation of Offensive War (III) The Will of Heaven (I) The Will of Heaven (II) The Will of Heaven (III) Anti-Confucianism (II) Keng Chu THE MIDDLE WAY The Aphorisms of Confucius Introduction Description of Confucius by Himself and Others The Emotional and Artistic Life of Confucius The Conversational Style The Johnsonian Touch Wit and Wisdom Humanism and True Manhood The Superior Man and the Inferior Man The Mean as the Ideal Character and Types of Persons that Confucius Hated Government On Education, Ritual and Poetry The Golden Mean of Tsesze Introduction The Central Harmony The Golden Mean Moral Law Everywhere The Humanistic Standard Certain Models Ethics and Politics Being One's True Self Those Who Are Absolute True Selves Eulogy on Confucius Epilogue CHINESE POETRY Introduction Some Great Ancient Lyrics Ch'u Yuan Li Po The Tale of Meng Chiang The Mortal Thoughts of a Nun SKETCHES OF CHINESE LIFE Introduction Chinese Tales The Judgment Between Two Mothers The Judgment on a Dispute The Chinese Cinderella The Tale of Ch'ienniang The Man Who Sold Ghosts It's Wonderful to Be Drunk It's Good to Be Headless The Brothers' Search for Their Father The Private History of Queen Feiyen Six Chapters of a Floating Life Introduction Wedded Bliss The Little Pleasures of Life Sorrow The Joys of Travel Experience (missing) The Way of Life (missing) CHINESE WIT AND WISDOM Introduction Parables of Ancient Philosophers The Man Who Spurned the Machine Do-Nothing Say-Nothing The Concealed Deer The Man Who Forgot Chi Liang's Physicians Honest Shangch'iu Kai The Man Who Worried About Heaven The Old Man Who Would Move Mountains Confucius and the Children The Man Who Saw Only Gold Looks Like a Thief Measurements for Shoes King Huan Lost His Hat How the Tongue Survived the Teeth The Owl and the Quail The Tiger and the Fox The Crane and the Clarn The Blind Man's Idea of the Sun Family Letters of a Chinese Poet Introduction Family Letters of a Chinese Poet The Epigrams of Lusin Introduction The Epigrams of Lusin One Hundred Proverbs Introduction One Hundred Proverbs THE PRONUNCIATION OF CHINESE NAMES TABLE OF CHINESE DYNASTIES |
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