The Zhuangzi (Chinese: 莊子, historically romanized Chuang Tzŭ) is an ancient Chinese text that is one of the two foundational texts of Taoism, alongside...
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Zhuangzi may refer to: Zhuangzi (book) (莊子), an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Daoism Zhuang Zhou...
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Zhuang Zhou (/dʒuˈɑːŋ ˈdʒoʊ/), commonly known as Zhuangzi (/ˈdʒwɑːŋˈdzʌ/; Chinese: 莊子; literally "Master Zhuang"; also rendered in the Wade–Giles romanization...
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Sawndip (redirect from Gǔ Zhuàngzì)
Chinese, the old Zhuang script is called Gǔ Zhuàngzì (Chinese: 古壮字; lit. 'old Zhuang characters') or Fāngkuài Zhuàngzì (方块壮字; 'square shaped Zhuang characters')...
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Peng (mythology) (section Zhuangzi)
wukongopterid pterosaur Kunpengopterus. In Chinese literature, the Daoist classic Zhuangzi has the oldest record of the Kun Peng myth. The first chapter ("Free and...
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author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi. Laozi is a Chinese honorific, typically translated as "the Old Master"...
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poetic and philosophical metaphors. For example, the "Butterfly Dream" of Zhuangzi from ancient China, or the Indian philosophy of Maya, or in ancient Greek...
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Zhuangzi Tests His Wife (Chinese: 莊子試妻; pinyin: Zhuangzi shi qi) is a 1913 Hong Kong drama film directed by Li Minwei. It is the earliest feature film...
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Hui Shi (section Relation to Zhuangzi)
Ce, Lüshi Chunqiu, Han Feizi, Xunzi, and most frequently, the Zhuangzi. Nine Zhuangzi chapters mention Hui Shi, calling him "Huizi" 26 times and "Hui...
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later associated with the canonical Four Great Beauties appears in the Zhuangzi. In one chapter, the women Mao Qiang and Lady Li are described as "great...
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and that of the more philosophical Zhuangzi. Hence, Creel considered wu wei, as found in the Daodejing and Zhuangzi, to denote two different things. An...
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Zhao Shuo (redirect from Zhuangzi of Zhao)
pinyin: Zhào Shuò; died 597 BCE), posthumously known as Zhao Zhuangzi(Chinese: 趙莊子; Zhuangzi of Zhao), was a vassal lord of the state of Jin. He was the...
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having been at least compiled later than the earliest portions of the Zhuangzi,[citation needed] the other foundational text of Taoism. The Tao Te Ching...
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De (Chinese) (section The Zhuangzi)
p. 383) Zhuangzi, chapter 12, translation: (Watson 1968, pp. 131–32) Zhuangzi, chapter 12, translation: (Watson 1968, pp. 126–27) Zhuangzi, chapter 17...
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eight chapters (篇) and concludes that since the Zhuangzi quotes Liezi, he must have lived before Zhuangzi. There is a three-century historical gap until...
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occur with some frequency in traditional Chinese thought. A story from the Zhuangzi on the proper use of a cleaver tells of a butcher who effortlessly cut...
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Goblet word (section Zhuangzi)
tilts over when full and rights itself when empty. The Daoist classic Zhuangzi first recorded this term for a mystical linguistic ideology, which is generally...
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similar to pantheism in Western philosophy. The early Taoism of Laozi and Zhuangzi is also sometimes considered pantheistic, although it could be more similar...
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Confucius Gorgias Cratylus Plato Aristotle Eubulides Diodorus Chrysippus Zhuangzi Xunzi Averroes Ibn Khaldun Hobbes Leibniz Herder von Humboldt Mauthner...
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1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + ⋯ (section In Zhuangzi)
the series. A version of the series appears in the ancient Taoist book Zhuangzi. The miscellaneous chapters "All Under Heaven" include the following sentence:...
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Queen Mother of the West (section Zhuangzi)
end. Zhuangzi describes the Queen Mother as one of the highest of the deities, meaning she had gained immortality and celestial powers. Zhuangzi also...
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Wuji (philosophy) (section Zhuangzi)
expression 'limitless' and its relatives are found in the Laozi and the Zhuangzi and also in writings of the logicians. It has no special philosophical...
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Taiji (philosophy) (section Zhuangzi)
reflections and originate from wuji to become taiji. The Daoist classic Zhuangzi introduced the taiji concept. One of the (ca. 3rd century BCE) "Inner Chapters"...
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Sengzhao and Tao Sheng were influenced by Taoist works like the Laozi and Zhuangzi. These Sanlun figures in turn had an influence on some early Chan masters...
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