Bohai Sea

  • Chapter 30. Discoursing on Swords (Shuo Jian)

    This page covers Discoursing on Swords from Zhuangzi. Dressed as a swordsman, Zhuangzi persuades sword‑obsessed King Wen of Zhao. His famous “three‑swords” allegory distinguishes true royal governance from trivial brute duels, urging rulers to focus on statecraft.

  • The Foolish Old Man Who Moved the Mountains

    – by Lie Yukou (Liezi) Mount Taihang and Mount Wangwu spanned seven hundred li in area and rose ten thousand ‘ren’ high. Originally, they stood south of Jizhou and north of Heyang. To the north of these mountains lived an old man known as “Foolish Old Man of the North Mountain.” He was nearly…