Zhuangzi

Author: Zhuangzi of the Warring States
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
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No one does not desire freedom, but few are willing to pay the price for their true freedom. Many who claim to be free are actually pursuing the superficial luxuries that actually bind the soul under the guise of freedom; there are also many who do not believe in freedom, who are actually afraid of the inevitable sacrifices that freedom brings and afraid of others seeing through their weakness: often, it is these kinds of people who guard mediocre and safe positions, struggling throughout their lives, only to make their sky smaller and smaller; their hearts, narrower and narrower.
—And Zhuangzi is different from them!—
If one were to search among the thousands of years of shackles of education and culture for a thinker who despises the powerful, looks down upon wealth and status, and pursues personal freedom, then the name must surely be Zhuangzi! He fiercely and sharply criticizes the then-cruel society, what sages, kings, the laws of the sage-kings, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and music...