Zhuangzi Quotes


For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos.


Citations

Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi: Basic Writings. Translated by Burton Watson, Columbia University Press, 2003, p. 66.

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Zhuangzi
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  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Profession: Philosopher

Zhuang Zhou, commonly known as Zhuangzi (also rendered as Chuang Tzu), was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC during the Warring States period, a period corresponding to the summit of Chinese philosophy, the Hundred Schools of Thought. He is credited with writing—in part or in whole—a work known by his name, the Zhuangzi, which is one of the foundational texts of Taoism.