The Liezi is often considered the third most important text in Daoism after the Dao De Jing and Zhuangzi. It is named after Master Lie who may or may not have been a real person. It includes 8 chapters and employs, “myths, legend, and history in sayings and stories that both entertain and enlighten.” (The Book of Master Lie, Introduction).
Chapters
- Cosmology
- The Yellow Emperor
- Dreams
- Confucius
- The Questions of Tang
- Effort and Destiny
- Yang Zhu
- Causality
Resource
Teachings from the Book of Liezih Tzu. Lionel Giles, translator. 1912. Classic public domain translation of Chapters 1-6, and 8 of the Book of Liezi.
Yan Chu’s Garden of Pleasure. Anton Forke, translator. 1912. Classic public domain translation of Chapter 7 of the Book of Liezi.
The Book of Master Lie, Thomas Cleary, translator. 2011. A nice translation of Liezi.
