Zhuangzi

See also: zhuāngzi and Zhuāngzǐ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 莊子／庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ).

Proper noun

Zhuangzi

  1. An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period.
  2. An ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher.

Translations

References
  1. “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 478: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Chuang-tzu (Zhuangzi) 莊子”

Further reading
  • “Zhuangzi”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams
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