Advisers
Acknowledgements
Map: Lands of the Silk Road: Eastern Aspect at the Beginning of the 21 st Century
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
Conversion Table: Pinyin to Wade-Giles
About the Editor
About the Translators
Introduction
PART ONE: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25--220 CE)
OVERVIEW
1
Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)
ThE CONSTANT WAY (TAo)
　From Chapter 1, Tao-te-ching 道德經(jīng)
2 Advisers
Acknowledgements
Map: Lands of the Silk Road: Eastern Aspect at the Beginning of the 21 st Century
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
Conversion Table: Pinyin to Wade-Giles
About the Editor
About the Translators
Introduction
PART ONE: FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO THE EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25--220 CE)
OVERVIEW
1
Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)
ThE CONSTANT WAY (TAo)
　From Chapter 1, Tao-te-ching 道德經(jīng)
2
　Laozi (b. c. 570 BCE)
　TRUSTWORTHY WORDS ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL
　From Chapter 81, Tao-te-ching 道德經(jīng)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　CLEVER WORDS CAN HARDLY BE PART OF TRUE VIRTUE
　From Verse 3, Book 1, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (TheAnalects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　LEARN TO DEVELOP MORAL QUALITIES
　From Verse 6, Book 1, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (The Analects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　A LEARNED MAN
　From Verse 7, Book 1, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (The Analects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　SUBSTANCE AND ATTENTION TO FORM AND BEAUTY
　From Verse 18, Book 6, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (The Analects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　THE ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL
　From Verse 7, Book 12, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (TheAnalects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　SINCERITY IS ALL-IMPORTANT
　From Verse 18, Book 15, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (TheAnalects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　GET YOUR MEANING ACROSS
　From Verse 41, Book 15, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (TheAnalects)
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　Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　HE WHO IS SINCERE WILL BE TRUSTED
　From Verse 6, Book 17, Lunyu 論語(yǔ) (TheAnalects)
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　(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　How MUCH USE CAN THERE BE IN A MINOR ART?
　From "Xiaobian"小辨 (Minor Arts), Chapter 74, Da Dai liji 大戴禮記 (Elder Dai's Book of Rites)
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　(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND MEANING
　From "Xici zhuan shang" 系辭傳上 (Appended Statements, Part 1, Chapter 12), Zhouyi 周易 (Zhou Changes)
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　(Attributed to) Kongzi (Confucius) (traditionally 551-479 BCE)
　ThE MAN OF TRUE VIRTUE
　From "Wenyanzhuan qianjiusan" 文言傳·乾九三 (Sayings on Patterning [with reference to] the Third Line of Hexagram 1, Qian or Heaven), Zhouyi 周易 (Zhou Changes)
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