His critical work brilliantly combines satire and sophism.Ĭhuang was an admirable writer and skillful composer, and by his instances and truthful descriptions hit and exposed the Mohists and Literati. Ssu-ma Ch'ien writes about Chuang-tzu:Ĭhuang had made himself well acquainted with all the literature of his time, but preferred the views of Lao-tzu, and ranked himself among his followers, so that of the more than ten myriads of characters contained in his published writings the greater part are occupied with metaphorical illustrations of Lao's doctrines.Įven more, Chuang-tzu becomes an indefatigable critic of Confucius and his disciples. Apparently, he was a contemporary of Mencius, but what is peculiar is, in fact, that these two great polemicists never met each other. He occupied a minor position in the administrative office of Ch'i-yuan. Chuang-tzu, the famous Lao-tzu's disciple, is best known because of his criticism of Confucian's social and political ideologyĬhuang-tzu was born in today's Ho-nan province, in the village of Wei.
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