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Index
Title
Contents
Preface
I. The Awakening
I. Approach to Life
II. A Pseudo-Scientific Formula
III. She Scamp as Ideal
II. Views of Mankind
I. Christian, Greek and Chinese
II. Earth-Bound
III. Spirit and Flesh
IV. A Biological View
V. Human Life a Poem
III. Our Animal Heritage
I. The Monkey Epic
II. In The Image of the Monkey
III. On Being Mortal
IV. On Having a Stomach
V. On Having Strong Muscles
VI. On Having a Mind
IV. On Being Human
I. On Human Dignity
II. On Playful Curiosity: The Rise of Human Civilization
III. On Dreams
IV. On The Sense of Humor
V. On Being Wayward and Incalculable
VI. The Doctrine of the Individual
V. Who Can Best Enjoy Life?
I. Find Thyself: Chuangtse
II. Passion, Wisdom and Courage: Mencius
III. Cynicism, Folly and Camouflage: Laotse
IV. “Philosophy of Half-and-Half”: Tsesse
V. A Lover of Life: T’ao Yuanming
VI. The Feast of Life
I. The Problem of Happiness
II. Human Happiness is Sensuous
III. Chin’s Thirty-Three Happy Moments
IV. Misunderstandings of Materialism
V. How About Mental Pleasures?
VII. The Importance of Loafing
I. Man the Only Working Animal
II. The Chinese Theory of Leisure
III. The Cult of the Idle Life
IV. This Earth the Only Heaven
V. What is Luck?
VI. Three American Vices
VIII. The Enjoyment of the Home
I. On Getting Biological
II. Celibacy a Freak of Civilization
III. On Sex Appeal
IV. The Chinese Family Ideal
V. On Growing Old Gracefully
IX. The Enjoyment Of Living
I. On Lying in Bed
II. On Sitting in Chairs
III. On Conversation
IV. On Tea and Friendship
V. On Smoke and Incense
VI. On Drink. and Wine Games
VII. On Food and Medicine
VIII. Some Curious Western Customs
IX. The Inhumanity of Western Dress
X. On House and Interiors
X. The Enjoyment of Nature
I. Paradise Lost?
II. On Bigness
III. Two Chinese Ladies
IV. On Rocks and Trees
V. On Flowers and Blower Arrangements
VI. The “Vase Flowers” of Yuan Chunglang
VII. The Epigrams of Chang Ch’ao
XI. The Enjoyment of Travel
I. On Going About and Seeing Things
II. “The Travels of Mingliaotse”
A. The Reason for the Flight
B. The Way of Traveling
C. At Austere Heights
D. Back to Humanity
E. Philosophy of the Flight
XII. The Enjoyment of Culture
I. Good Taste in Knowledge
II. Art As Play and Personality
III. The Art of Reading
IV. The Art of Writing
XIII. Relationship to God
I. The Restoration of Religion
II. Why I am a Pagan
XIV. The Art of Thinking
I. The Need for Humanized Thinking
II. The Return to Common Sense
III. Be Reasonable
Appendix A: Certain Chinese Names
Appendix B: A Chinese Critical Vocabulary
Index of Names and Subjects
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