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《吕氏春秋 - Lü Shi Chun Qiu》

[Warring States] 247 BC-239 BC Lu Bu-wei English translation: AI and Chinese Text Project users [?]
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[Also known as: 《吕览》]

 孟春纪 First Spring Month Records
  1. 正月纪 First Month Chronicle
  2. 本生 Preserving Life
  3. 重己 Valuing Oneself
  4. 贵公 Valuing Fairness
  5. 去私 Eliminating Partiality

 仲春纪 Zhongchun Ji
  6. 二月纪 Second Month Chronicle
  7. 贵生 Valuing Life
  8. 情欲 Emotion and desire
  9. 当染 Appropriate Influence
  10. 功名 Fame and achievement

 季春纪 Third Spring Records
  11. 三月纪 Third Month Record
  12. 尽数 Full longevity
  13. 先己 Prioritize Oneself
  14. 论人 To judge a person
  15. 圜道 Circular Way

 孟夏纪 Records of Early Summer
  16. 四月纪 Fourth Month Chronicle
  17. 劝学 Encouragement of Learning
  18. 尊师 Respecting Teachers
  19. 诬徒 False Accusation of Disciples
  20. 用众 Using the people

 仲夏纪 Midsummer Chronicle
  21. 五月纪 Chronicle of May
  22. 大乐 Great Music
  23. 侈乐 Extravagant music
  24. 适音 Proper Measure of Sound
  25. 古乐 Ancient Music

 季夏纪 Jixia Ji
  26. 六月纪 June Chronicle
  27. 音律 Pitch pipes (musical scales)
  28. 音初 Origin of Music
  29. 制乐 Creating Music
  30. 明理 Clarify principles

 孟秋纪 Early Autumn Records
  31. 七月纪 July Chronicle
  32. 荡兵 Dangbing
  33. 振乱 To quell disorder
  34. 禁塞 Prohibition and closure
  35. 怀宠 Huai Chong

 仲秋纪 Mid-Autumn Records
  36. 八月纪 Eighth Month Records
  37. 论威 On Authority
  38. 简选 Selecting and choosing carefully
  39. 决胜 Decisive Victory
  40. 爱士 Loving talented individuals

 季秋纪 Third Autumn Chronicle
  41. 九月纪 Annals of the Ninth Month
  42. 顺民 Winning the People's Hearts
  43. 知士 Knowing Scholars
  44. 审己 Examine Oneself
  45. 精通 Essence permeates

 孟冬纪 First Month of Winter Ji
  46. 十月纪 Tenth Month Chronicle
  47. 节丧 Frugal Funerals
  48. 安死 To provide peace for the dead
  49. 异宝 Different Treasures
  50. 异用 Different uses

 仲冬纪 Middle Winter Records
  51. 十一月纪 Eleventh Month Record
  52. 至忠 Most Sincere Loyalty
  53. 忠廉 Loyalty and Uprightness
  54. 当务 Current affairs
  55. 长见 Long-term perspective

 季冬纪 Chronicle of the Last Month of Winter
  56. 十二月纪 Twelfth Month Record
  57. 士节 Integrity of the Literati
  58. 介立 Jie Li
  59. 诚廉 Sincerity and integrity
  60. 不侵 Not aggressive
  61. 序意 Sequence of Meaning

 有始览 Youshi Lan
  62. 有始 Heaven and Earth have an origin
  63. 应同 Responding to similarity
  64. 去尤 Eliminate particular preferences
  65. 听言 Listening to words
  66. 谨听 Listen carefully
  67. 务本 Attending to the fundamentals
  68. 谕大 Explain greatness

 孝行览 Filial Piety Inspection
  69. 孝行 Filial Conduct
  70. 本味 Essence of Flavor
  71. 首时 Seizing the Right Moment
  72. 义赏 Righteous Rewards
  73. 长攻 Long attack
  74. 慎人 Cautious People
  75. 遇合 Encounters and Alignments
  76. 必己 Necessarily oneself

 慎大览 Shen Dalan
  77. 慎大 Be cautious of greatness
  78. 权勋 Quan Xun
  79. 下贤 To humble oneself before the virtuous
  80. 报更 Report the change of watch
  81. 顺说 Smooth Persuasion
  82. 不广 Not extensive
  83. 贵因 Valuing the Advantage of Circumstances
  84. 察今 Observing the Present

 先识览 Xianshi Lan
  85. 先识 Foreknowledge
  86. 观世 Observing the World
  87. 知接 Knowing how to make contact
  88. 悔过 Regret and repentance
  89. 乐成 Joy in Success
  90. 察微 Perceiving the Subtle
  91. 去宥 Remove misplaced tolerance
  92. 正名 Rectifying Names

 审分览 Shen Fenlan
  93. 审分 Clarifying distinctions
  94. 君守 Ruler's Duty
  95. 任数 Relying on Methods
  96. 勿躬 Do not personally involve oneself
  97. 知度 Knowing the standard of measure
  98. 慎势 Be cautious of authority
  99. 不二 Not two
  100. 执一 Upholding Unity

 审应览 Shen Yinglan (审应览)
  101. 审应 Careful Response
  102. 重言 Valuing Words
  103. 精谕 Precise communication
  104. 离谓 Separation of meaning and words
  105. 淫辞 Excessive and Unrestrained Speech
  106. 不屈 Unbent
  107. 应言 Ying Yan
  108. 具备 Preparations are complete

 离俗览 Lisulan
  109. 离俗 Lisu
  110. 高义 High Righteousness
  111. 上德 Highest virtue
  112. 用民 Employing the People
  113. 适威 Appropriate authority
  114. 为欲 Pursuing desires
  115. 贵信 Value trustworthiness
  116. 举难 Raising difficulties

 恃君览 Shi Junlan
  117. 恃君 Relying on the ruler
  118. 长利 Long-term benefits
  119. 知分 Understanding one's proper role
  120. 召类 To summon those of similar kind
  121. 达郁 Dissipating Stagnation
  122. 行论 Discourse on Conduct
  123. 骄恣 Arrogant and unrestrained
  124. 观表 Observing the signs

 开春论 Kaicun Lun
  125. 开春 beginning of spring
  126. 察贤 Discerning Virtuous Talent
  127. 期贤 Qi Xian
  128. 审为 Carefully consider one's actions
  129. 爱类 Loving One's Kind
  130. 贵卒 Valuable soldiers

 慎行论 Shen Xing Lun
  131. 慎行 Exercise Caution in Conduct
  132. 无义 Without righteousness
  133. 疑似 Doubtful and similar things
  134. 壹行 One act
  135. 求人 Seeking virtuous individuals
  136. 察传 Investigating Transmission

 贵直论 Guizhilun
  137. 贵直 Valuing Integrity
  138. 直谏 Direct remonstration
  139. 知化 Understanding transformation
  140. 过理 Going beyond reason
  141. 壅塞 Obstruction and blockage
  142. 原乱 Origin of chaos

 不苟论 Bu Gou lun
  143. 不苟 Not acting recklessly
  144. 赞能 Praise of Ability
  145. 自知 Knowing oneself
  146. 当赏 When a reward is due,
  147. 博志 Broad Aspirations
  148. 贵当 Valuing Appropriateness

 似顺论 Si Shun Lun
  149. 似顺 Seemingly orderly
  150. 别类 Classification of categories
  151. 有度 Having standards
  152. 分职 Division of duties
  153. 处方 Chufang
  154. 慎小 Be cautious about small things

 士容论 Shi Rong lun
  155. 士容 Demeanor of a Scholar
  156. 务大 Strive for the great
  157. 上农 Superior farmers
  158. 任地 Making Use of the Land
  159. 辩土 Discriminating the Soil
  160. 审时 Examine the proper time

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