Zhuangzi

textual humanities text book core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

Zhuangzi and Daoist textual tradition, attributed author and textual tradition

Canon Rationale

A major Daoist philosophical-literary work, included for transformation, perspectivism, skepticism, spontaneity, parable, and its central place in Chinese thought.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 9.

Evidence

handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Zhuangzi'.
field survey: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Zhuangzi'.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, contested authorship

Sensitivity Flags

living tradition

Completion unit: read a defined core selection or complete edition, with selected chapters and translation tracked.