- a variation of Chuang-tzu.
Zhuangzi
Britishnoun
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The Zhuangzi tells the story of Cook Ding, a butcher who was so skillful that he had used the same knife without sharpening it for 19 years.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Zhuangzi famously wondered whether he was a philosopher who sometimes dreamed of being a butterfly or a butterfly who became a philosopher when it slept.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
The road-building scenes interrupt a series of stories: a dream from the work of the writer Natsume Soseki; a traditional Noh play; the butterfly dream from the text Zhuangzi.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
This is particularly evident in Taoism, and is vividly illustrated by the surprising cheerfulness of the 4th century BC Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi when everyone thought he should have been mourning for his wife.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
"Zhuangzi awoke from dreaming that he was a butterfly," he writes, "… And didn't know whether he was a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi."
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
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