Proper Name guide
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An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period.
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An ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher.
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History
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊子 /庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ).
Across languages
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