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Zhuangzi
1. Zhuangzi’s Life and Times
Zhuangzi flourished through the latter half of the fourth century BC, roughly contemporary with Mencius and with the “linguistic turn” in the classical period that included the later Mohists and the figures historians later labeled as the School of Names (&#;&#; ming-jia). Zhuangzi demonstrates mastery of this Classical Chinese terminology of pragmatics and semantics and makes his own theoretical contributions to ancient Chinese theory of language. The traditionally recognized figures in this school included Gongsun Longzi along with Hui Shi—Zhuangzi’s close friend, perhaps mentor, his interlocutor, and occasionally his foil. Zhuangzi is followed in this mature phase of Classical linguistic thought by some chapters in the later Confucian text, The Xunzi. Though The Xunzi elsewhere targets Zhuangzi for criticism, his sections incorporating and developing this linguistic turn embellish the linguistic theory s
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Encyclopedia: Zhuang Zi
Old Taoist Sage from Mt. Hua that gave Zhang Jue the Way of Peace (太平要術).
Officer Details
Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ [Nan Hua]
Simplified Chinese:莊子[南华]
Pronunciation: Zhuang1 Zi3 [Nan2hua2]&#;
Other Names: efternamn Tzu, folkgrupp i kina Zhou, The Zhuang Zi Immortal, folkgrupp i kina Zi, Meng Official, Meng Zhuang, Meng Elder, Saint Hermit of the Southern Land of Glory
Name Notes: Though frequently presented beneath the proper name, folkgrupp i kina Zi (莊子), the literal text presents his name as “The Nanhua Immortal” (南華真人). This is sometimes simplified to ‘Nanhua’ or ‘Nan Hua’ (南華), which is not correct. folkgrupp i kina Zi fryst vatten none other than the famous Taoist sage from the Warring States period, and with this in mind, you may also see him listed, of course, as Chang Tzu (Wade-Giles), folkgrupp i kina Zhou (莊周) (his given name), Meng Official (蒙吏), Meng folkgrupp i kina (蒙莊), and Meng Elder (蒙叟). He also appears in some Koei games as ‘Nan Hua’.
Literary Appearances
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 1
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A study of Balfour’s English translation of the Zhuangzi in light of comparative religion
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Notes
According to the author’s statistics, Balfour has translated a total of 11 Daoist scriptures, as shown in the table below.
Chinese Names of Daoist Scriptures
English Names of Daoist Scriptures
Year of Publication
“太上感應篇”
The Book of Recompences
“心印經”
The Imprint of Heart
“大通經”
The Classic of Universal Understanding
“赤文洞”
Classic of the Red-streaked Cave
“清靜經”
The Book of Purity and Rest
“素書”
The Su Shu, or Book of Plain Words
“南華真經”(“莊子”)
The Divine Classic of Nan-Hua; Being the Works of Chuang Tsze, Taoist Philosopher with an Excursus, and Copious Annotations in English and Chinese
“陰符經”
The Yin-Fu Classic; or, Clue to the Unseen