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T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien: Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution
32 chapters English Public domain
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This work is a key text about Taoist morality and ethics. It is also translated in the Sacred Books of the East, Volume 40 as the Tai Shang Tractate, albeit without the wonderful fables included in this edition. The translators, Paul Carus and Teitaro Suzuki, also have other works at sacred texts: Paul Carus' Buddha, the Gospel, and Buddha, the Word, and Suzukis' Manual of Zen Buddhism.
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32 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Treatise of the Exalted One On Response and Retribution 05 Introduction 06 Moral Injunctions 07 Blessings of the Good 08 A Description of Evil-Doers 09 Punishments for Evil-Doers 10 A Simile 11 Good and Evil Spirits 12 Quotations 13 Conclusion 14 Explanatory Notes 15 Moral Tales Illustrative of the Kan-ying P'ien 16 Rays of truth 17 The Pious Scholar's Good Fortune 18 Philanthropy Rewarded 19 The Power of a Good Man's Name 20 Good Spirits in Attendance 21 A Ruffian's Reform 22 The Impious Magistrate 23 A Visit to Hell 24 Misuse of Books 25 Punishment Apportioned to Crime
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T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien: Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution
32 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This work is a key text about Taoist morality and ethics. It is also translated in the Sacred Books of the East, Volume 40 as the Tai Shang Tractate, albeit without the wonderful fables included in this edition. The translators, Paul Carus and Teitaro Suzuki, also have other works at sacred texts: Paul Carus' Buddha, the Gospel, and Buddha, the Word, and Suzukis' Manual of Zen Buddhism.
Table of contents
32 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Treatise of the Exalted One On Response and Retribution 05 Introduction 06 Moral Injunctions 07 Blessings of the Good 08 A Description of Evil-Doers 09 Punishments for Evil-Doers 10 A Simile 11 Good and Evil Spirits 12 Quotations 13 Conclusion 14 Explanatory Notes 15 Moral Tales Illustrative of the Kan-ying P'ien 16 Rays of truth 17 The Pious Scholar's Good Fortune 18 Philanthropy Rewarded 19 The Power of a Good Man's Name 20 Good Spirits in Attendance 21 A Ruffian's Reform 22 The Impious Magistrate 23 A Visit to Hell 24 Misuse of Books 25 Punishment Apportioned to Crime
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T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien: Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution
32 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This work is a key text about Taoist morality and ethics. It is also translated in the Sacred Books of the East, Volume 40 as the Tai Shang Tractate, albeit without the wonderful fables included in this edition. The translators, Paul Carus and Teitaro Suzuki, also have other works at sacred texts: Paul Carus' Buddha, the Gospel, and Buddha, the Word, and Suzukis' Manual of Zen Buddhism.
Table of contents
32 chapters
01 Title Page 02 Contents 03 Introduction 04 Treatise of the Exalted One On Response and Retribution 05 Introduction 06 Moral Injunctions 07 Blessings of the Good 08 A Description of Evil-Doers 09 Punishments for Evil-Doers 10 A Simile 11 Good and Evil Spirits 12 Quotations 13 Conclusion 14 Explanatory Notes 15 Moral Tales Illustrative of the Kan-ying P'ien 16 Rays of truth 17 The Pious Scholar's Good Fortune 18 Philanthropy Rewarded 19 The Power of a Good Man's Name 20 Good Spirits in Attendance 21 A Ruffian's Reform 22 The Impious Magistrate 23 A Visit to Hell 24 Misuse of Books 25 Punishment Apportioned to Crime
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