{1} He is reputed to have lived 800 years.
{2} 1783 B.C.
{3} Philosopher about whose life nothing is known. The book Liehtse is sidered a later pilatiohe se "Parables of A Philosophers."
{4} The wind.
{5} 2357 B.C.
{6} Sage emperors/
{7} A sophist and friend of gtse who often carried oes with him.
{8} Agitations of the soul (music of Heaven) pared to the agitations of the forest (music of Earth).
{9} Lit. "true lord."
{10} Shih and fei mean general moral judgments aal distins; "right" and "wrong," "true" and "false," "is" and "is not," "affirmative" and "ive," also "to justify" and "n," "to affirm" and "deny."
{11} The followers of Motse were powerful rivals of the fuists in gtses days. See the seles from Motse.
{12} The meaning of these two sentences is made clear by a line belo;quot;But if we put the different categories ihen the differences of category cease to exist."
{13} g and kuei, lit. "whole" and "defit."
"Wholeness" refers to unspoiled unity of Tao. In the followiences, g is used in the sense of "success " It is explained by entators that the "wholeness" of music exists only in silence, and that as soon as oe is struck, other notes are necessarily held in abeyahe same thing is true uments: when we argue, we necessarily cut up truth by emphasiziain aspects of it.
{14} See Laotse, Ch. 42.
{15} See Laotse, Ch. 5.
{16} See Laotse, Ch. 58.
{17} Lit. in the "Palace of Heaven."
{18} Personal name of gtse. "tse" being the equivalent of "Master."
{19} An important idea that recurs frequently in gtse, all things are in stant flow and ge, but are different aspects of the One.
{20} Best disciple of fucius.
{21} Lit. "regarded as sons (ie. fathered) by Heaven."
{22} The first part of this song is found in the As.
{23} This chapter deals entirely with deformitiesa literary deviphasizing the trast of the inner and the outer man.
{24} A well-known historical person, a model minister referred to in the As.
{25} Lit. "The outside of frame and bones."
{26} Hueitse often discusses the nature of attributes, like the "hardness" and "whiteness" of objects.
{27} All of these historical and semi-historical persons were good men who lost their lives, by drowning or starving themselves, or pretending insanity, in protest against a wicked world, or just to avoid being called into office.
{28} General attitude of fluidity towards life.
{29} Mythical emperor (2852 B.C.) said to have discovered the principles of mutations of Yin and Yang.
{30} With a mans head but a beasts body.
{31} A river spirit.
{32} A mountain god.
{33} A semi-mythical ruler, who ruled in 2698-2597 B.C.
{34} A semi-mythical ruler, who ruled in 25I4-2417 B.C., shortly before Emperor Yao.
{35} A water god with a human fad a birds body.
{36} A monarch of the Shang Dynasty, 1324-l266 B.C.100
{37} A famous sword.
{38} Personal name of fucius.
{39} Huang-g and ta-lu: were the standard pitchpipes.
{40} Tseng Tsan and Shih Yu:, disciples of fucius.
{41} I Yang chu and Motse (Mo Ti).
{42} Beginning with this phrase there is a marked ge in style and vocabulary in this part.
{43} Because he refused to serve the new dynasty.
{44} Sun Yang, 658-619 B.C.
{45} A mythical ruler.
{46} 481 B.C.
{47} There is an ana here fo