* = p'u song-ling

Contents

Part 1 Short Fiction
A Taoist Priest					21*
Collecting Subscriptions			24*
Theft of the Peach				27*
The Resuscitated Corpse				30*
The Gambler's Talisman				33*
The Mad Priest					35*
Taoist Miracles					37*
Outsides					40(Liu Chi, Sung Dynasty : gems of chinese lit h.a.giles)
Smelling Essays					41*
The Invisible Priest				43*
The Piece of Chuang Brocade			45
Metempsychosis					52*
The Headman and the Magician			54(Tibetan Story?)
Chou K'o-Ch'ang and His Ghost			59*
The Alchemist					61*
The Wine Insect					64*
Courage Tested					65*
The Great Test					67*
A Donkey's Revenge				69*
Friendship with Foxes				75*
The Three States of Existence			77*
The Dead Priest					80*
A Rip Van Winkle				81*
The Flower Nymphs				84*
Engaged to a Nun				91*
Carrying a Corpse				97*
A Supernatural Wife				98*
The Princess of the Tung-T'ing Lake		100*
Delight in the Sword Fight and Other Tales
  by Chuang Tzu					108
The Yu Li Ch'ao Chuan, or The Divine
Panorama					120

Part 2 Parables and Anecdotes
Chuang Tzu					149
Lieh Tzu					175
Su Tung-P'o					178
Huai-Nan Tzu 					187
Random Ancient Parables and Anecdotes		195

Part 3 Verse and Koans
Li Po						205
Tu Fu						224
Ssu-K'ung T'u					231
Koans and Random Gleanings from Taoist Poets	241

Selected Biblography 248