| INNER CHAPTERS |
| 1.Xiaoyao yu 逍遙遊 |
Free+Easy Wandering |
Going rambling without a destination |
| 2.Qi wu lun 齊物論 |
Essay on Equalizing All Things |
The sorting which evens things out |
| 3.Yang sheng zhu 養生主 |
Mastery in Nurturing Vitality |
What matters in the nurture of life |
| 4.Ren jian shi 人間世 |
Within the Human World |
Worldly business among men |
| 5.De chong fu 德充符 |
Symbols of Perfected Inner Power |
The signs of fullness of Power |
| 6.Da zongshi 大宗師 |
The Great Ancestral Teacher |
The teacher who is the ult. ancestor |
| 7.Ying di wang 應帝王 |
Responding to Emperors+Kings |
Responding to the Emperors+Kings |
| OUTER CHAPTERS |
| 8.Pianmu 駢拇 |
Webbed Toes |
Webbed toes |
| 9.Mati 馬蹄 |
Horses’ Hooves |
Horses’ hooves |
| 10.Qu qie 胠篋 |
Raiding Coffers |
Rifling trunks |
| 11.Zai you 在宥 |
To Preserve and Circumscribe |
Keep it in place and within bounds |
| 12.Tian Di 天地 |
The Heavens and the Earth |
Heaven and Earth |
| 13.Tian dao 天道 |
The Way of the Heavens |
The Way of Heaven |
| 14.Tian yun 天運 |
The Circuits of the Heavens |
The circuits of Heaven |
| 15.Keyi 刻意 |
Ingrained Opinions |
Finicky notions |
| 16.Shan xing 繕性 |
Mending Nature |
Menders of nature |
| 17.Qiushui 秋水 |
Autumn Floods |
Autumn floods |
| 18.Zhile 至樂 |
Ultimate Joy |
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| 19.Da sheng 達生 |
Understanding Life |
Fathoming nature |
| 20.Shan mu 山木 |
The Mountain Tree |
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| 21.Tian Zifang 田子方 |
Tian Zifang |
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| 22.Zhi beiyou 知北遊 |
Knowledge Wanders North |
Knowledge roams north |
| MIXED CHAPTERS |
| 23.Geng Sangchu 庚桑楚 |
Geng Sangchu |
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| 24.Xu Wugui 徐無鬼 |
Xu Wugui |
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| 25.Ze yang 則陽 |
Zeyang |
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| 26.Waiwu 外物 |
External Things |
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| 27.Yuyan 寓言 |
Goblet Words |
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| 28.Rang wang 讓王 |
Abdicating Kingship |
Yielding the throne |
| 29.Daozhi 盜跖 |
Robber Zhi |
Robber Chih |
| 30.Shuo jian 說劍 |
Discoursing on Swords |
The discourse on swords |
| 31.Yufu 漁父 |
The Old Fisherman |
The old fisherman |
| 32.Lie Yukou 列禦寇 |
Lie Yukou |
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| 33.Tianxia 天下 |
All Under the Heavens |
Below in the empire |