EDITED BY
L. CRANMER-BYNG
Dr. S. A. KAPADIA
YANG CHU'S GARDEN OF PLEASURE.
WISDOM OF THE EAST
YANG CHU'S GARDEN OF PLEASURE
TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE BY PROFESSOR ANTON FORKE, PH.D., ETC. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
HUGH CRANMER-BYNG
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1912
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 EQUALISER ..............................................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