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Bookmark or Share- Zhuangzi - Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyZhuangzi (Chuang-tzu 莊子 “Master Zhuang” late 4th century BC) is the pivotal figure in Classical Philosophical Daoism. The Zhuangzi is a compilation of his and others’ writings at the pinnacle of the philosophically subtle Classical period in China (5th–3rd century BC).
- Zhuang Zhou | Books, Philosophy, & Daoism | BritannicaZhuang Zhou (born c. 369 bce, Meng, state of Song [now Shangqiu, Henan province], China—died 286 bce) was the most significant of China’s early interpreters of Daoism, and his eponymous work, the Zhuangzi, is considered to be one of the definitive texts of Daoism.
- Zhuangzi - New World EncyclopediaZhuangzi (traditional Chinese characters: 莊子) was a fourth-century B.C.E. Chinese thinker of startling depth and originality, and author of a text with the same name. Zhuangzi expanded the Chinese understanding of Dao (Tao), explored its relationship with Heaven (or Nature), and firmly planted human beings within this context.
- Zhuangzi: The Inner Chapters - Open ScholarshipThe Zhuangzi is a big book, about the same size as the Xunzi. But it is far more diverse and disorganized than the Xunzi and its major ideas much harder to summarize. In this section we will try to capture the most basic premises of the Zhuangzi, and the methods Zhuangzi uses to lead us towards accepting them.
- Zhuangzi 莊子After reading this chapter, we can see how Chan Buddhists must have found it to reflect their own understandings. Two of the best-known parables of the Zhuangzi are contained here: “Three in the Morning,” and the “Dream of Zhuangzi being a Butterfly.” It is a work of true genius.
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