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		The Zhuangzi is the most provocative and exciting text of early Chinese thought.
		It is also a very confusing text, in part because its central philosophical ideas are complex and elusive, and in part because the author or authors convey these elusive ideas through unusual literary devices, such as humorous or absurd anecdotes, intentionally over-convoluted analytic passages, undisciplined poetic musings, and puns.
		28, "Huizi and Zhuangzi (I)," 28-29, "Huizi and Zhuangzi (II)," 29-30).
	www.indiana.edu /~p374/17x.html (345 words)

	Zhuangzi - Founder of Daoism - lecture by Professor Wang Bo of Beijing University's Philosophy Department
		Zhuangzi asked the emissary whether he would prefer to be the sacrificial ox or a pig.
		Zhuangzi responded by saying that one should remain in a state of equilibrium between usefulness and uselessness, which is of course easier said than done.
		When I read Zhuangzi it seems to me that he is saying that it is a good thing to be a sage and that the secret to it is to lose the concept of oneself, to lose the ego.
	www.imperialtours.net /zhuangzi.htm (4567 words)

	SeniorEssays
		Zhuangzi argues that their process is one of deeming, or authorizing that a distinction made in the mind can be mandated to signify an ultimate distinction that is in all circumstances the best distinction to be made.
		Zhuangzi never engages a discussion of truth because he is engaged in the different project of presenting anecdotes describing situations in which individuals have successfully or unsuccessfully acted to accomplish tasks.
		Zhuangzi’s ideal person cultivates a state of mind likened to daoshu, or the hinge of dao, where any possible distinctions can be made by the uncommitted mind, and any possible corresponding action can still be accessed so that they are adequate to succeed in accomplishing a given task.
	www.sewanee.edu /philosophy/Capstone/2002/Atkinson.html (10810 words)

	Zhuangzi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zhuangzi allegedly lived during the reign of King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, in the span from 370 to 301 BCE.
		The traditional view is that Zhuangzi himself wrote the first seven chapters (the "inner chapters") and his students and related thinkers were responsible for the other parts (the "outer" and "miscellaneous" chapters).
		Zhuangzi's points about the limitations of language and the importance of being spontaneous, in particular, were strongly influential in the development of Chan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zhuangzi (1357 words)

	Zhuangzi (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
		The Zhuangzi of the ‘Inner Chapters’ is also known for a thorough questioning of the canons, methods, and value of discursive reason and logic as practiced by contemporary thinkers in the traditions of the Mohists, Confucians, and Terminologists (ming jia).
		Zhuangzi also calls this ‘illuminating things with the light of heaven.’ For him, ‘heaven’ stands for the spontaneous and intuitive aspect of our being that emerge when someone is grounded in the empty Way.
		Zhuangzi is a figure in about one quarter of these narratives, which were probably based on stories told by his immediate disciples and written down after his death.
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/zhuangzi (8166 words)

	Zhuangzi (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Spring 2003 Edition)
		The Zhuangzi of the ‘Inner Chapters’; is also known for a thorough questioning of the canons, methods, and value of discursive reason and logic as practiced by contemporary thinkers in the traditions of the Mohists, Confucians, and Terminologists (ming jia).
		Zhuangzi also calls this ‘illuminating things with the light of heaven.’ For him, ‘heaven’ stands for the spontaneous and intuitive aspect of our being that emerge when someone is grounded in the empty Way.
		Zhuangzi is a figure in about one quarter of these narratives, which were probably based on stories told by his immediate disciples and written down after his death.
	www.science.uva.nl /~seop/archives/spr2003/entries/zhuangzi (8155 words)

	Zhuangzi [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Zhuangzi, or "Master Zhuang" (also known in the Wade-Giles romanization as Chuang-tzu) was, after Laozi, one of the earliest thinkers to contribute to the philosophy that has come to be known as Daojia, or school of the Way.
		According to Sima Qian, Zhuangzi was born in a village called Meng, in the state of Song; according to Lu Deming, the Sui-Tang dynasty scholar, the Pu River in which Zhuangzi was said to have fished was in the state of Chen which, as Wang Guowei points out, had become a territory of Chu.
		Zhuangzi’s philosophy is here characterized as "vast," “vague,” “outrageous,” “extravagant,” and “reckless”; he is also recognized for his encompassing modes of thought, his lack of partisanship, and his recklessness is acknowledged to be harmless.
	www.iep.utm.edu /z/zhuangzi.htm (7319 words)

	AAS Abstracts: China Session 145 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zhuangzi's "Qi Wu Lun" presents a series of skeptical arguments which challenge the possibility of establishing any one position as definitively right.
		By looking at the kinds of images and examples Zhuangzi uses, we can determine the particular sort of errors he was trying to avoid, i.e., mistakes due to narrow minded commitment to a single perspective.
		What makes Zhuangzi captivating and uplifting is the fact that whatever spicy things he says pungently reflect life as it should spontaneously be lived.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1995abst/china/csess145.htm (1516 words)

	Zhuangzi and Nagarjuna on the Truth of No Truth
		Zhuangzi is unparalleled in Chinese literature for his mocking and satirical tone, which directs its most acid humor at the pretensions of logic; Nagarjuna is unparalleled in Indian thought for his laconic, knife-edged logic, which wields distinctions that no one had noticed before and many since have been unable to see the point of.
		Zhuangzi has been labeled a relativist and/or a skeptic, Nagarjuna a skeptic and/or a nihilist, but in their cases such bald designations put the cart before the horse.
		Zhuangzi often refers to the problem of "That's it, that's not"; when that way of thinking lights up, the Dao is obscured.
	ccbs.ntu.edu.tw /FULLTEXT/JR-MISC/101801.htm (6423 words)

	Eric S. Nelson: Review of Hiding the World in the World
		Given the recent focus on the Zhuangzi’s perspectivism, relativism, and skepticism, Harold Roth seeks to restore its “mystical dimension.” Instead of seeing the question of whether the Zhuangzi is a mystical or relativist text as an exclusive either/or, Roth argues that the Zhuangzi involves a bimodal mysticism that includes introvertive and extrovertive moments.
		Zhuangzi’s “mysticism” is a spontaneous openness and responsiveness to the situation and experiencing the dao immanently in relation to the everyday world of distinctions rather than some irrational union with a supernatural, transcendent, or metaphysical entity or static absolute called the Dao.
		Roth shows how Zhuangzi’s distinction between the contrived (weishi) and adaptive (yinshi) “that’s it” challenges the individual’s confinement to the self, its schemas, and one limited perspective in order to be “illumined” in the equalizing and holistic perspective of the dao such that one responsively lodges things in the ordinary.
	faculty.uml.edu /enelson/zhuangzi.htm (1209 words)

	Cina Oggi
		Zhuangzi è datato IV secolo a.C., mentre il Daodejing, noto anche con il nome dato all’autore “Vecchio filosofo” (Laozi) è; di minor interesse per quanto riguarda l’argomento della natura umana (xing).
		Nello Zhuangzi vengono riportate idee confuciane però sovvertendone il ruolo, infatti vi sono discorsi pseudo-logici che appaiono razionali ma esplodono a mano a mano nel delirio.
		Zhuangzi mette in ridicolo anche chi si fa porta voce della promozione di un dao positivo, poiché ritiene illusorio affermare qualcosa se la tal cosa contraria può anch'essa essere affermata.
	www.cinaoggi.it /arte/filosofia/ildaodizhuangzi.htm (2312 words)

	Zhuangzi’s Way of Thinking through Fables
		A serious reader of the Book of Zhuangzi tends to be inspired each time when scrutinizing it and consequently comes out with new findings in accordance with one’s lived experience, individual perspective, and ever deepened understanding of human existence per se.
		To fulfill this requirement proposed by Zhuangzi, people will treat all values alike as they make no distinction, view all things alike as they take them as one, and be free from any confinement as they follow the nature of all.
		Zhuangzi Neipian Xinjie (New Interpretations of the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi).
	philosophy.cass.cn /facu/wangkeping/013.htm (8665 words)

	Religion Universe: Taoism, ZHUANGZI (The Perfect Book of Nanhua)
		Zhuangzi, named Zhou and styled Zixiu or Zimu, was a native of the kingdom of Song (i.e., northeast of present-day Shangqiu, Henan) during the Warring States period.
		Scholars generally admit that the seven inner chapters were written by Zhuangzi himself and embody the magnificence of Zhuangzi's doctrines, spirit and writing style.
		Zhuangzi's thought had a profound and lasting influence on later ages, and no other philosophers in the pre-Qin period could compare to him.
	religion-religions.com /html/sub_chapter.php?select=taoism000400&... (771 words)

	Taoism 101 - Origins of Taoism - free Suite101.com course
		Zhuangzi did not hold an official post in the imperial bureaucracy - he was simply a wise philosopher.
		Like the Dao de Jing, the Zhuangzi speaks of the means to unite with the Tao, but rather than focus on political reform it espouses an abandoning of civilized systems and retreating to a life of contemplation.
		The turtle's answer was Zhuangzi's answer as well - the philosopher was content to continue spending his days playing in the mud.
	www.suite101.com /lesson.cfm/19308/2925/4 (528 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Zhuangzi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zhuangzi at Amazon.com Qualified orders over $25 ship free Millions of titles, new and used.
		Conceptions of the self in the Zhuangzi: conceptual metaphor analysis and comparative thought.
		Skepticism, truth, and the good life: a comparison of Zhuangzi and Sextus Empiricus.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Zhuangzi (208 words)

	Zhuangzi
		Zhuangzi war verheiratet und pflegte Kontakt zu verschiedenen anderen Philosophen und Philosophie-Schulen.
		Zhuangzi soll der SchÃ¼ler des Tian Zi Fang gewesen sein, welcher wiederum der SchÃ¼ler eines SchÃ¼lers des Konfuzius war.
		Zhuangzi war auch der erste Philosoph der chinesischen Kultur, der schrieb, das Qi sei die Grundlage des Lebens.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DZhuangzi%26type%3Dde (1039 words)

	Religion Universe: Taoism, ZHUANGZI (The Perfect Book of Nanhua)
		Zhuangzi, named Zhou and styled Zixiu or Zimu, was a native of the kingdom of Song (i.e., northeast of present-day Shangqiu, Henan) during the Warring States period.
		Scholars generally admit that the seven inner chapters were written by Zhuangzi himself and embody the magnificence of Zhuangzi's doctrines, spirit and writing style.
		Zhuangzi's thought had a profound and lasting influence on later ages, and no other philosophers in the pre-Qin period could compare to him.
	www.religion-religions.com /html/sub_chapter.php?select=taoism000400&religion=Taoism (771 words)

	Alibris: Zhuangzi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Zhuangzi is a celebration of human creativity - its language is lucid and opaque; its images are darkly brilliant; its ideas are seriously playful.
		In "The Dao of Zhuangzi", world-renowned author and illustrator Tsai Chih Chung explores core portions of the timeless text and brings them humorously to life.
		The Zhuangzi is a celebration of human creativity -- its language is lucid and opaque; its images are darkly brilliant; its ideas are playful.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Zhuangzi (995 words)

	Zhuangzi
		Zhuangzi suggests that words are like a fish trap-once the meaning is caught, one should forget the words, just as the trap is only useful for catching the fish, but can be put aside once the fish has been caught.
		More specifically, Zhuangzi distinguishes between three kinds of language: Watson translates them as "imputed words," "repeated words," and "goblet words." The first are words attributed to some great historical or legendary figure, which increases their impact.
		Zhuangzi is suggesting that it is useless, arbitrary, and dysfunctional to set ourselves against what is natural.
	www.udel.edu /Philosophy/afox/zhuangzi.htm (3795 words)

	Butterfly & ZhuangZi
		One day about sunset, Zhuangzi dozed off and dreamed that he turned into a butterfly.
		What a joyfull feeling as he fluttered about, he completely forgot that he was Zhuangzi.
		Soon though, he realized that that proud butterfly was really Zhuangzi who dreamed he was a butterfly, or was it a butterfly who dreamed he was Zhuangzi!
	www.chinapage.com /story/butterfly.html (99 words)

	Zhuangzi Biography and Summary
		Zhuangzi(B. 369 Bce) Zhuangzi, the greatest Daoist next to Laozi, was also known by his private name, Zhou.
		Zhuangzi is both the name of the second foundational text of the Daoist philosophical and religious tradition and the name of the putative author of this text after whom the book was titled, who, according to early historical sources, flourishe...
		The term zhenren ("real person") is first encountered in parts of the Zhuangzi that are thought to date from the third century BCE.
	www.bookrags.com /Zhuangzi (293 words)

	Paramount Magic Store. ZHUANGZI (2 Volumes) -Library of Chinese Classics, Chinese-English
		Zhuanzi, also known as The Holy Canon of Nanhua, is a Taoist classic written by the Warring States period philosopher Zhuangzi and his students.
		In this book, Zhuangzi inherited and developed Laozi's viewpoint of "the ways of Tao being conditioned by the self-so.
		To correspond with this world outlook, Zhuangzi advocated an outlook on life of "non-action in face of nature," which recommended maintaining personal freedom of body and mind, and of attaining a spiritual plane of complete liberty and of harmony between man and nature.
	www.paramountmagic.com /pd_zhuangzi.cfm (271 words)

	Hiding the World in the World: Uneven Discourses on the Zhuangzi \| Taoism \| Daoism
		Chad Hansen defends his view of Zhuangzi as a “relativist skeptic”; against those who show “chronic nostalgia for the lost ‘guru’” (129), that is to say, those who challenge Hansen’s view of Zhuangzi.
		Similarly, Harold D. Roth describes Zhuangzi’s “bimodal mystical experience,” that is to say, an experience of unity that in turn leads to a transformed view of the multiplicity of the world.
		Michael Puett, however, shows that “Zhuangzi’s vision of spiritual power” as it is implicit in his notion of “spirit” (shen) is “radically different” from the notion of self-cultivation found in the Neiye chapter of the Guanzi.
	www.daoiststudies.org /review.cook.scott.php (818 words)

	China, Chinese Literature & Philosophy : zhuangzi : overview
		Zhuangzi is a book full of anecdotes, parables and metaphors and with a wonderful lyrical drive that makes it a classical of world literature.
		The life of its author named Zhuang Zhou (369-286BC) is quite unknown, and we only know that he, according to his teachings, refrained from governmental offices to pursue a private life of quietness, wiping off the desire to acquire knowledge and understanding.
		Zhuangzi is very influential in the history of China.
	www.chinesecultureonline.org /literature.jsp?catName=zhuangzi¢erName=overview (319 words)

	Paul SanGregory: Songs Inspired by Zhuangzi
		The words of this song describe how Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, then became confused as to whether he was really a man or a butterfly.
		Though I am by no means a Zhuangzi scholar, nor do I pretend to completely understand his philosophy, I do have a sympathetic resonance with some of his writings.
		I apologize to Zhuangzi if I have unwittingly defiled his ideas, yet I thank him for the inspiration and direction he provided for these songs.
	homepage.mac.com /psangreg2/CompSite/ZhuangziSongs.html (446 words)

	Library of Chinese Classics Chinese-English: Zhuangzi
		In this book, Zhuangzi inherited and developed Laozi's viewpoint of "the ways of Tao being conditioned by the self-so." Taking Tao as the origin of the world, he held that Tao is self-sufficient and eternal whereas the difference between things is relative.
		To correspond with this world outlook, Zhuangzi advocated an outlook on life of "non-action in face of nature," which recommended maintaining personal freedom of body and mind, and of attaining a spiritual plane of complete liberty and of harmony between man and nature.
		The Zhuangzi is one of the most celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition impressive for both its bold philosophical imagination and its striking literary style.
	www.cgcmall.com /ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=b00zhuz (306 words)

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