SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

  • Chapter 26. External Things (Wai Wu)

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Wai Wu chapter features classic parables: the minnow in dry ruts, Ren‑Gongzi’s giant‑fish catch and “useless‑as‑use”. It argues external outcomes are uncertain and advocates “forgetting‑words” for true insight.

  • Chapter 25. Ze Yang

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Ze Yang chapter includes the famous snail‑horns parable. Through varied dialogues, it diminishes human conflicts, explores relational causation, and advocates transcending narrow worldly standpoints for the Dao.

  • Chapter 24. Xu Wugui

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Xu Wugui chapter contains varied parables, including the horse‑herding boy’s governance advice and Huizi‑craftsman‑shi anecdote. It critiques forced benevolence, arrogance and rigid doctrinal disputation.

  • Chapter 23. Gengsang Chu

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Gengsang Chu chapter features Gengsang Chu and seeker Nan Rongchu. It teaches “guarding‑life” Daoist practice, criticizes Yao‑Shun‑style governance and advocates inner stillness and infant‑like simplicity.

  • 化腐朽为神奇 (Huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí)

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    Ana

    This entry explains idiom “Hua fu xiu wei shen qi” from Zhuangzi ‑ Knowledge Rambling in the North. It conveys transforming decayed, worthless things into marvels, rooted in the Daoist idea of fluid, relative values.

  • 每况愈下 (Měi kuàng yù xià)

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    Ana

    This entry covers idiom “Mei kuang yu xia” from Zhuangzi. It notes its shift from the original “mei xia yu kuang”, whose sense altered; now it describes situations steadily deteriorating and going from bad to worse.