Chapter One THE AWAKENING 1
Ⅰ．APPROACH TO LIFE 1
Ⅱ．A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC FORMULA 4
Ⅲ．THE SCAMP AS IDEAL 12
Chapter Two VIEWS OF MANKIND 15
Ⅰ．CHRISTIAN,GREEK AND CHINESE 15
Ⅱ．EARTHBOUND 23
Ⅲ．A BIOLOGICAL VIEW 25
Ⅳ．HUMAN LIFE A POEM 29
Ⅰ．THE MONKEY EPIC 31
Chapter Three OUR ANIMAL HERITAGE 31
Ⅱ．IN THE IMAGE OF THE MONKEY 34
Ⅲ．ON BEING MORTAL 36
Ⅳ．ON HAVING A STOMACH 41
Ⅴ．ON HAVING STRONG MUSCLES 50
Ⅵ．ON HAVING A MIND 54
Chapter Four ON BEING HUMAN 63
Ⅰ．ON HUMAN DIGNITY 63
Ⅱ．ON PLAYFUL CURIOSITY:THE RISE OF HUMAN 64
CIVILIZATION 64
Ⅲ．ON DREAMS 69
Ⅳ．ON THE SENSE OF HUMOR 74
Ⅴ．ON BEING WAYWARD AND INCALCULABLE 79
Ⅵ．THE DOCTRINE OF THE INDIVIDUAL 83
Chapter Five WHO CAN BEST ENJOY LIFE? 90
Ⅰ．FIND THYSELF:CHUANGTSE 90
Ⅱ．PASSION,WISDOM AND COURAGE:MENCIUS 93
Ⅲ．CYNICISM,FOLLY AND CAMOUFLAGE:LAOTSE 100
Ⅳ．“PHILOSOPHY OF HALF-AND-HALF”:TSESSE 107
Ⅴ．A LOVER OF LIFE:T AO Y？ANMING 111
Chapter Six THE FEAST OF LIFE 119
Ⅰ．THE PROBLEM OF HAPPINESS 119
Ⅱ．HUMAN HAPPINESS IS SENSUOUS 123
Ⅲ．CHIN S THIRTY-THREE HAPPY MOMENTS 128
Ⅳ．MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF MATERIALISM 134
Ⅴ．HOW ABOUT MENTAL PLEASURES? 138
Chapter Seven THE IMPORTANCE OF LOAFING 143
Ⅰ．MAN THE ONLY WORKING ANIMAL 143
Ⅱ．THE CHINESE THEORY OF LEISURE 146
Ⅲ．THE CULT OF THE IDLE LIFE 150
Ⅳ．THIS EARTH THE ONLY HEAVEN 154
Ⅴ．WHAT IS LUCK? 158
Ⅵ．THREE AMERICAN VICES 160
Ⅰ．ON GETTING BIOLOGICAL 165
Chapter Eight THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HOME 165
Ⅱ．CELIBACY A FREAK OF CIVILIZATION 169
Ⅲ．ON SEX APPEAL 176
Ⅳ．THE CHINESE FAMILY IDEAL 181
Ⅴ．ON GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY 190
Chapter Nine THE ENJOYMENT OF LIVING 201
Ⅰ．ON LYING IN BED 201
Ⅱ．ON SITTING IN CHAIRS 205
Ⅲ．ON CONVERSATION 210
Ⅳ．ON TEA AND FRIENDSHIP 220
Ⅴ．ON SMOKE AND INCENSE 231
Ⅵ．ON DRINK AND WINE GAMES 239
Ⅶ．ON FOOD AND MEDICINE 247
Ⅷ．SOME CURIOUS WESTERN CUSTOMS 256
Ⅸ．THE INHUMANITY OF WESTERN DRESS 259
Ⅹ．ON HOUSE AND INTERIORS 265
Chapter Ten THE ENJOYMENT OF NATURE 276
Ⅰ．PARADISE LOST? 276
Ⅱ．ON BIGNESS 280
Ⅲ．TWO CHINESE LADIES 282
a．CH IUFU 284
b．Y？N 287
Ⅳ．ON ROCKS AND TREES 292
Ⅴ．ON FLOWERS AND FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS 302
Ⅵ．THE“VASE FLOWERS”OF Y？ANCHUNGLANG 310
Ⅶ．THE EPIGRAMS OF CHANG CH AO 317
Chapter Eleven THE ENJOYMENT OF TRAVEL 333
Ⅰ．ON GOING ABOUT AND SEEING THINGS 333
Ⅱ．“THE TRAVELS OF MINGLIAOTSE” 342
a．THE REASON FOR THE FLIGHT 342
b．THE WAY OF TRAVELING 346
c．AT AUSTERE HEIGHTS 348
d．BACK TO HUMANITY 351
e．PHILOSOPHY OF THE FLIGHT 359
Ⅰ．GOOD TASTE IN KNOWLEDGE 367
Chapter Twelve THE ENJOYMENT OF CULTURE 367
Ⅱ．ART AS PLAY AND PERSONALITY 371
Ⅲ．THE ART OF READING 381
Ⅳ．THE ART OF WRITING 389
Chapter Thirteen RELATIONSHIP TO GOD 401
Ⅰ．THE RESTORATION OF RELIGION 401
Ⅱ．WHY I AM A PAGAN 405
Chapter Fourteen THE ART OF THINKING 415
Ⅰ．THE NEED OF HUMANIZED THINKING 415
Ⅱ．THE RETURN TO COMMON SENSE 421
Ⅲ．BE REASONABLE 425