CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Originating in the Way

2. Activating the Genuine

3. Celestial Patterns

4. Terrestrial Forms

5. Seasonal Rules

6. Surveying Obscurities

7. Quintessential Spirit

8. The Basic Warp

9. The Ruler’s Techniques

10. Profound Precepts

11. Integrating Customs

12. Responses of the Way

13. Boundless Discourses

14. Sayings Explained

15. An Overview of the Military

16. and 17. A Mountain of Persuasions and A Forest of Persuasions

18. Among Others

19. Cultivating Effort

20. The Exalted Lineage

21. An Overview of the Essentials

Appendix A. Key Chinese Terms and Their Translations

Appendix B. Categorical Terms

Appendix C. A Concise Textual History of the Huainanzi and a Bibliography of Huainanzi Studies

Index