Great China Library Zhuangzi (Vol. 1-2) (Chinese)

Author: Qin Xuqing, Sun Yongchang (translators), Wang Rongpei (English translator)
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Zhuangzi, also known as Nanhuajing, is one of the classics of Taoism, written by the philosopher Zhuangzi and his successors during the Warring States period. The entire work consists of 7 Inner Chapters, 15 Outer Chapters, and 11 Miscellaneous Chapters, totaling 33 chapters. In this book, Zhuangzi inherits and develops Laozi's view of "the Dao following nature," regarding the Dao as the origin of the world. He believes that the Dao is self-sufficient and eternal, and that the differences between things are only relative. Corresponding to this cosmology, Zhuangzi advocates the philosophy of "natural non-action," maintaining personal freedom of body and mind and pursuing a state of unrestrained, harmonious unity between heaven and humanity. This book is based on Guo Qingfan's Zhuangzi Jishu for collation and modern translation, with the English translation drawing on existing various English full and selected translations of Zhuangzi. It is the most up-to-date English full translation of Zhuangzi.