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Book 1

Chuang Tzu’s book

Chapter 1.1   Awaking to awareness

Chapter 1.2    We happy cicadas

Chapter 1.3    Mounting the world as your chariot

Chapter 1.7    The large gourd

Chapter 1.8    The large tree

Chapter 2.4   The art of harmonising

Chapter 2.8   Penumbra and Shadow

Chapter 2.9   Chuang Chou and the butterfly

Chapter 3.2   The cook and the ox

Chapter 3.6   The fire and the firewood

Chapter 5.1    The one-footed cripple Majestically Decrepit

Chapter 6.1    Four friends facing death together

Book 2

Dancing with Chuang Tzu

Theme 1.1     Insects that live in water don’t hate having to change ponds

Theme 1.4     This large earth

Theme 4.1     The wheelwright down at the bottom of the hall

Theme 4.4    Empty boats

Theme 5.1    When the springs dry up