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Lunheng

Wang, Chong (27-97?)
  
LUN-HÊNG
  
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CONTENTS.
  
PREFACE.
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INTRODUCTION.
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1. The Life of Wang Ch`ung.
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2. The Works of Wang Ch`ung.
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3. Wang Ch`ung's Philosophy.
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4. Table of Contents of the Lun-hêng.
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Book I.
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Book II.
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Book III.
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Book IV.
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Book V.
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Book VI.
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Book VII.
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*24. Chap. I. Tao-hsü (Taoist Untruths).
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*25. Chap. II. Yü-tsêng (Exaggerations).
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Book VIII.
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Book IX.
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Book X.
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Book XI.
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Book XII.
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Book XIII.
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Book XIV.
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Book XV.
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Book XVI.
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Book XVII.
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Book XVIII.
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Book XIX.
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Book XX.
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Book XXI.
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Book XXII.
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Book XXIII.
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Book XXIV.
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Book XXV.
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Book XXVI.
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Book XXVII.
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Book XXVIII.
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Book XXIX.
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Book XXX.

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CHAPTER I.
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CHAPTER II.
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CHAPTER III.
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CHAPTER IV.
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CHAPTER V.
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CHAPTER VI.
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CHAPTER VII.
 VIII. 
CHAPTER VIII.
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CHAPTER IX.
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CHAPTER X.
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CHAPTER XI.
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CHAPTER XII.
 XIII. 
CHAPTER XIII.
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CHAPTER XIV.
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CHAPTER XV.
 XVI. 
CHAPTER XVI.
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CHAPTER XVII.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
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CHAPTER XIX.
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CHAPTER XX.
 XXI. 
CHAPTER XXI.
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CHAPTER XXII.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
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CHAPTER XXIV.
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CHAPTER XXV.
 XXVI. 
CHAPTER XXVI.
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CHAPTER XXVII.
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
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CHAPTER XXX.
 XXXI. 
CHAPTER XXXI.
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CHAPTER XXXII.
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
 XXXVII. 
CHAPTER XXXVII.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
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CHAPTER XXXIX.
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CHAPTER XXXX.
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CHAPTER XLI.
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CHAPTER XLII.
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CHAPTER XLIII.
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CHAPTER XLIV.

  
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
  
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES.
  
CHINESE WORKS QUOTED.
  
ERRATA AND ADDENDA.
  
ADDITIONAL NOTE.
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*14. Chap. V. Wu-shih [OMITTED] (The Nature of Things).

Heaven and Earth do not create man and the other things
on earth intentionally. They all grow of themselves. Had Heaven
produced all creatures on purpose, it would have taught them
mutual love, whereas now one destroys the other. Some have explained
this struggle for existence by the hypothesis that all creatures
are filled with the fluid of the Five Elements, which fight together
and overcome one another. Wang Ch`ung controverts this view and
the symbolism connected therewith.

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