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INTRODUCTION | 7 | |
CHAPTER | ||
I. | THE VANITY OF FAME | 36 |
II. | REAL AND FALSE GREATNESS | 37 |
III. | THE BREVITY OF CONSCIOUS LIFE | 38 |
IV. | DEATH THE EQUALIZER | 40 |
V. | FALSE VIRTUES | 41 |
VI. | THE IDEAL LIFE | 42 |
VII. | DUTY TO THE LIVING AND THE DEAD | 42 |
VIII. | THE ART OF LIFE | 43 |
IX. | THE HAPPY VOLUPTUARIES | 45 |
X. | THE JOYOUS LIFE OF TUAN-MU-SHU | 49 |
XI. | THE FOLLY OF DESIRE FOR LONG LIFE | 51 |
XII. | SELF-SACRIFICE AND SELF-AGGRANDISEMENT | 52 |
XIII. | THE VANITY OF REPUTATION | 54 |
XIV. | DIFFICULTY AND EASE OF GOVERNMENT | 58 |
XV. | ALL THINGS PASS | 59 |
XVI. | THE NATURE OF MAN | 60 |
XVII. | THE FOUR CHIMERAS | 61 |
XVIII. | ALL PLEASURES ARE RELATIVE | 62 |
XIX. | THE WISDOM OF CONTENTMENT | 63 |