5/22/2023 0 Comments Chuang Tzu by Zhuangzi![]() ![]() The most famous of the Zhuangzi is the part about Zhuangzi dreaming of being a butterfly which is located at the end of the second chapter. Scholars still find the Zhuangzi, written in reflective, serious, and sometimes playful ways, puzzling, but it certainly engages the ideas of relativity, paradox, and uncertainty. In contrast to Confucianism, Zhuangzi believed that a truly virtuous man is free from socio-political bounds and obligations, personal attachments, and tradition. The current arrangement of the book is credited to Guo Xiang in the 4 th century C.E. Out of thirty-three chapters, the first seven chapters, called the "inner books," are attributed to Zhuangzi, whereas the other chapters, called the "outer books," are credited to the later followers of Zhuangzi. The Zhuangzi, also known as Nanhua zhenjing ("The Pure Classic of Nanhua"), is regarded as a primary source for Daoism, along with Daodejing (a.k.a. ![]()
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