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          I here tell you a little about myself.!

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        1. This book grew out of the 9th International Conference on Daoist Studies, held at Boston University in June Having just published Zhuangzi.
        2. I here tell you a little about myself.
        3. His remarkable book, written in Ancient China sometime around BC, has lain hidden for millennia in a sprawling morass misleadingly known as the Chuang Tzu.
        4. In the absence of any plausible biography, the following story about Zhuangzi from the inner chapters gives a good flavor of his philosophy.

          5. Zhuangzi (book)

          Chinese Taoist text

          The Zhuangzi (historically romanized Chuang Tzŭ) is an ancient Chinese text that is one of the foundational texts of Taoism, alongside the Tao Te Ching, Neiye, Wenzi and Liezi.

          It was written during the late Warring States period (476–221 BC) and is named for its traditional author, Zhuang Zhou, who is customarily known as "Zhuangzi" ("Master Zhuang").

          The Zhuangzi consists of stories and maxims that exemplify the nature of the ideal Taoist sage.

          It contains numerous anecdotes, allegories, parables, and fables, often expressed with irreverence or humor.

          He raises a question about a "True Ruler" hidden behind perceptible mental events and about its identity.

          Recurring themes include embracing spontaneity and achieving freedom from the human world and its conventions. The text aims to illustrate the arbitrariness and ultimate falsity of dichotomies normally embraced by human societies, such as those between good and bad, large and small, life and death, or human and nature.

          In contrast with the focus on good morals and perso