The Complete Works of Zhuangzi by Watson Burton

Author:Watson, Burton [Watson, Burton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL065000, Religion/Taoism (See Also Philosophy /Taoist), LCO003000, Literary Collections/Ancient, Classical and Medieval
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013-11-19T06:00:00+00:00

1. Following the emendation suggested by Yu Yue. The word “things” in this passage includes mankind.

2. Xiong Yiliao, a man of Chu, is mentioned in Zuozhuan, Duke Ai, sixteenth year (479 BCE); the “marquis of Lu” is presumably the Duke Ai of Lu.

3. That is, they never venture forth in groups. I follow texts that read qie in place of dan and adopt Ma Xulun’s interpretation of xusu.

4. Meaning very doubtful; Ma Xulun opines that something has dropped out of the text.

5. There were sixteen bells in a set, arranged in two tiers. Most commentators take the “platform” to be an altar on which a sacrifice was made in preparation for the casting of the bells, though Ma Xulun believes it was connected with the actual casting process.

6. Prince Qingji, son of King Liao of Wu, had fled to the state of Wei to escape from his father’s assassin and successor, King Helü, who took the throne of Wu in 514 BCE.

7. The text has the de, which means “gain,” which may be either an error for the de meaning “virtue” or a deliberate play on the two words. See p. 129, n. 8.

8. Reading shen (zhen with the heart radical).

9. On Prince Bi Gan, who was put to death by the tyrant Zhou, see p. 23. Zhuangzi is presumably explaining why he does not take public office in the troubled times in which he lived.

10. The lord of Yan appeared in sec. 14, p. 111; he was presumably a sage ruler of antiquity, identified by some commentators with Shennong. Some texts give his name as “the lord of Piao.”

11. Following Wang Niansun’s emendation.

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