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Zhuangzi (Pinyin: Zhuang Zi, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzu, lit. "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. His name is sometimes spelled Chuang Tsu, Chuang Tzu, Zhuang Tze, Chouang-Dsi, or Chuang Tse. Zhuangzi allegedly lived during the reign of King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, in the span from 370 to 301 BCE. Zhuangzi was from the Town of Meng in the State of Song (now Shangqiu, Henan). His given name was Zhou. He was also known as Meng Official, Meng Zhuang, and Meng Elder (Méng Lě; Méng Zhuang, Méng sou, respectively).

