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When a Bandit Challenges Confucian Morality
This commentary on Zhuangzi ‑ Daozhi features three fictional dialogues. Robber Zhi and other figures assail conventional Confucian morality, exposing its hypocrisy and urging people to cherish their innate inborn nature.
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External outcomes cannot be guaranteed
This commentary on Zhuangzi ‑ Wai Wu analyses seven fables. It discusses uncertain worldly outcomes, the interdependence of useful‑useless, inner mental space, and the key Daoist maxim: grasp the meaning and forget the words.
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Sheep on the Slope – Thinking of the Past at Tong Pass [Poems]
This page introduces Yuan‑dynasty poet Zhang Yanghao’s Sheep on the Slope ‑ Thinking of the Past at Tong Pass. It laments dynastic rise‑and‑fall, pointing out common folk suffer whether empires thrive or collapse.