Contents

Introduction

1. The Calabash and the Ointment for Chapped Hands

2. Carving Up an Ox as Skillfully as a Master butcher

3. The Mantis and the chariot

4. The Carpenter's Dream

5. The Forge and Nature

6. Fish and Water, Man and the Tao

7. Hu Zi Practices Physiognomy

8. The yellow Emperor Asks About the Tao

9. Confucius Seeks to Store His Works in the Royal Library

10. The Lord of the Yellow River Learns Humility

11. Singing and Drumming on a Tub

12. The Tree and the Goose

13. The mantis Stalks the cicada

14. No need for Words

15. Fancy But Useless Archery

16. Knowledge Journeys to the North

17. The Tao Can Be Found Even in Dung

18. Weeping Over a Prediction of Fortune

19. Craftsman Shi Whirls His Axe

20. The Turtle Oracle

21. Hiding One's Sickness for Fear of Treatment

22. The Lost Axe

23. Cheng Zi Loses his Jacket

24. Chimes Heard at Night

25. Shi Kuang Checks the Bells

26. Jiu Fang yin Judges Horses

27. Excess Leads to Loss

28. Better to Light a Candle

29. Images Impart Wisdom

30. The Talker and the Doer

31. Rewarding Those with Singed Hair

32. Happily Gleaning Leftovers

33. The Man of Qi Who Feared That the Sky Might Fall

34. The Dream Deer

35. The Teacher of Immortality

36. Lao Zi Grasps the Tao

37. abandoning the Name for the Fact

38. Lao Zi visits his Sick Teacher

39. Xu Wugui Knows How to Judge Dogs and Horses

40. The Battling Snail Horns

41. Bo Ju Laments over a Corpse

42. Fishing in the Wei River

43. The yellow Emperor and the horseherd

44. The Lover of Swords

45. A Great Talent Takes Time to Mature

46. Know Oneself

47. Diving a person's Thoughts from the Expression on His face

48. Getting Wei While Attacking Yuan

49. Foresight and premonition

50. The Muddle-Headed King and the Crafty Minister

51. Repenting at the Point of Death

52. Ren Zuo Speaks Bluntly

53. Winning the People's confidence

54. If the Lips Are Gone, the Teeth Will Be cold

55. The Oxherd Who Met Good Fortune

56. Bide One's Time Before One Acts

57. Jian Shu Wails for the Troops

58. A Long-Range Plan or a Temporary Expedient

59. Ximen Bao's Administration

60. Demanding the Wayward Ox

 61. King Xuan's predilections

62. The Poor's ride

63. A Sobering Visitor

64. Longevity, Wealth and Honor

65. Ever-New Clothes,  Ever-Full Granary

66. Yan Zi Snickers at Duke Jing

67. Two Views of Politics

68. Espying Robbers

69. Worried by Victory

70. Using a Three-Pronged Strategy

71. The Interrogation of Zou Ji

72. The Criteria of Talent

73. Three Yeas of Blame and Three Yeas of Praise

74. Qin Shi Mourns for Lao Zi

75. Running Water Can't Mirror Things

76. Three Wishes from the Guard of Hua

77. called an Ox or a Horse

78. The Tale of  the Skull

79. Making an Example of a Monkey

80. Gazing at Confucius' Carriage

81. Yang Zhu Asks About His Wrongdoing

82. Cao Shang Gains Carriages

83. broken stone and Smashed cinnabar

84. A Temple Protects a City

85. Strong points Cannot Obscure Weak Points

86. Dying for One's Teacher, Friend and Superior

87. A Good Teacher Gives His Clothes to His Pupil

88. Rotten meat and Decayed Bone

89. The King of Chu Is Whipped

90. Wu Zixu Crosses the Yangtze

91. Returning Good for Evil

92. Swallow humiliation and Bear a heavy Load

93. Extreme Bravery Equals Non-Bravery

94. Three Rewards of three mercies

95. Honor Among Thieves

96. Good Deeds Will Be Vindicated

97. Unfair in Meting Out Rewards and Punishments

98. Biding One's Time

99. The Skillful Robber

100. An Old Farmer Explains the Tao

101. Master and Servant have Opposite Dreams

102. The Three Doctor

103. No Mourning for a Son

104. The Way of life and Death

105. he Who Can Run Quickly Does Not Run Slowly

106. A Hungry Man Refuses Rice

107. The Pen and the Sword

108. The Tooth and the Tongue

109. A fraudulent gift

110. Touching the Tiger's Forehead

111. One Hundred questions for Divination