Brimming with mythical imagination, poetic sallies, and often ferociously witty remarks, the<i> Zhuangzi</i> is one of China¿s greatest literary and philosophical masterpieces. Yet the complexities of this classical text can make it a challenging read. This English translation leads you confidently through the comic scenes and virtuoso writing style, introducing all the little stories Zhuangzi invented and unpicking its philosophical insights through close commentaries and helpful asides. Romain Graziani opens up the text as never before, showing how Zhuangzi uses the stories as an answer to Mencius¿s conception of sacrifice and self-cultivation, restoring the critical interplay with Confucius¿ <i>Analects</i>, and guiding you through the themes of the animal world, sacrifice, political violence, meditation, illness, and death. In Graziani¿s translation, the co-founder of Taoism emerges as a remarkable thinker: a dedicated disparager of moral virtues who stubbornly resists any form of
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