1. The rise of Taoism and Yang Chu's doctrine. 2. The doctrine of restraint advanced by Ch'en Chung and Shih Yu versus that of indulgence advanced by T'o Hsiao and Wei Mu. 3. The doctrine of no knowledge and no self propounded by T'ien P'ing, P'eng Meng, and Shen Tao and its significance and value. 4. The concepts of knowledge and self of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, and the distinction between the tao of Lao Tzu and that of T'ien, P'eng, and Shen. 5. The differences between the tao's of Chuang Tzu, of Lao Tzu, and of T'ien P'eng, and.