Zhuang Zhou, renowned as Zhuangzi, was an eminent Chinese philosopher,  who lived during the Warring States period around the 4th century B.C.  He is best known for writing ‘Zhuangzi,’ a work that forms the foundational text of Daoism.  

Who was Zhuangzi?  

Zhuangzi (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).  The period was marked by humanist and naturalist reflections on normativity shaped by the metaphor of a dào—a social or a natural path.  Traditional orthodoxy understood Zhuangzi as an anti-rational, credulous follower of a mystical Laozi. That traditional view dominated mainstream readings of the text. Recent archeological discoveries have largely laid that ancient orthodoxy to rest.

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