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Ideal for students and scholars alike, this edition of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) includes the complete Inner Chapters, extensive selections from the Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters, and judicious selections from two thousand years of traditional Chinese commentaries, which provide the reader access to the text as well as to its reception and interpretation. A glossary, brief biographies of the commentators, a bibliography, and an index are also included.
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Zhuangzi (ca. 369-286 B.C.E.), aka Master Zhuang, was that rare philosopher with a sense of humor. This translation of the Chinese classic consisting of a 33-chapter guide to living strikes a middle ground between interpretations by those who view the work as being of multiple authorship and those who attribute the writings to commentator Guo Xiang. Ziporyn (religion and philosophy, Northwestern U.) supplies introductory notes, biographical sketches of the commentators, a glossary, bibliography, and index to the "inner" (core) and "outer" chapters. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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