# Zhuangzi

Zhuangzi is represented within traditionally 4th century BCE; text compiled over time and Warring States China and later Daoist philosophical traditions. Treat the historical Zhuang Zhou as uncertain and the received Zhuangzi as a multi-layered anthology commonly divided into Inner, Outer, and Miscellaneous chapters with disputed authorship and dating.

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