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The Chuang-tzu or Zhuang-zi

• The Lin Yutang Translation
• Introduction to the Chuang-tzu
  http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-text1.html
  [An introduction by Lin Yutang to his translation of the Chuang-tzu text.]
• The Chuang-tzu
  http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-text2.html
  [A translation by Lin Yutang of eleven chapters from one of the most important and influential Taoist texts. Equal in importance to the Lao-tzu Tao Te Ching -- some would say of greater importance in revealing a wider range of classical Taoist assumptions, insights, and modes of teaching.]
  
  Selections in Translation
• Chuang Tzu
  http://www.truetao.org/chuang/
  [A new translation from the Chinese presented by Derek Lin and the Tao Study Group.]
• The Chuang Tzu
  http://www.coldbacon.com/chuang/chuang.html
  [Selections from the translation into English by Burton Watson. Compare with the selections offered at the e-depot site.]
• Chuang-tzu's Story of Three Friends
  http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/friend.html
  [A very brief but expressive story, freely adapted from the interpretive translation of Thomas Merton.]
• Selection from the Zhuangzi
  http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chuangtz.html
  [A selection in the translation by Patricia Ebrey.]
  
  A Chinese Text
• The Chuang-tzu
  http://www.cnd.org/Classics/Philosophers/Zhuang_Zi/
  [Text files in Chinese.]
  
  A Scholarly Study
• Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi)
  http://hkusuc.hku.hk/philodep/ch/zhuang.htm
  [An academic study of the figure of Chuang-tzu. An article which is under preparation for The Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy by the contemporary philosopher Chad Hansen.]
  
  Other Resources
• Chuang-tzu Published Translations
  http://www.religiousworlds.com/taoism/cz-trs.html
  [A short list of translations of the ancient Chinese text into English.]
• Chuang Tzu the Butterfly Philosopher
  http://members.aol.com/Heraklit1/chuang.htm
  [Brief text and commentary by Paul Harrison, as part of his scientific pantheism project.]
• Cosma's Home Page
  http://www.santafe.edu/~shalizi/
  [Arguably in the spirit of Chuang-tzu are several of the web pages of retired physicist Cosma Shazili, most obviously his journal entry explicitly under the heading Chuang-Tzu and the translation of Free and Easy Wandering.]

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