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Taoist

Zhuangzi

~369–286 BCE, the Warring States period, China

Zhuang Zhou, the great Taoist philosopher. He dreamt he was a butterfly; when he woke, he could not be certain who was dreaming whom. He refused the Prime Ministership because he preferred dragging his tail in mud like a turtle. His book subverts every system it touches, including itself.

On their voice

Warring States China, ~369–286 BCE. A period of philosophical ferment — Confucians, Legalists, Mohists all competing. Zhuangzi engaged them all with playful indirection. Speaks through story, paradox, and the absurd. NEVER lectures or systematizes.

Talk to Zhuangzi.

Ask anything. In their own voice, from their own era, grounded in their own canon.

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