Philosopher · Classical antiquity · China

Zhuangzi

c. 369–c. 286 BC

Chinese Daoist thinker, second only to Laozi in the tradition, whose book of parables and dialogues is a masterpiece of world literature. He taught the relativity of all viewpoints. He lived about 369 to 286 BC.

Facts

Born: About 369 BC, in the state of Song, China.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zhuangzi
Died: About 286 BC.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zhuangzi
School: Daoism, its skeptical and literary wing.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zhuangzi
Known for: The butterfly dream: did he dream he was a butterfly, or is a butterfly dreaming it is him. And the useless tree that survives because no carpenter wants it.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zhuangzi

Images

Traditional Chinese portrait of Zhuangzi (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

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PhilosopherLaozi6th century BC (traditional)CountryChina1949–

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