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Zhuangzi, ch. 21: "Tian Zifang" (Tian Zifang)

《莊子·田子方》

Zhuangzi en el álbum de retratos de soberanos sabios y ministros virtuosos
byZhuangzi

It takes its name from an adviser of Marquis Wen of Wei. Confucius surprises Lao Dan drying his hair, motionless as a log, "wandering at the origin of things"; a painter sits half-naked; Zhuangzi shows Duke Ai of Lu that his state has barely one true Confucian scholar.

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Authorship note

Outer chapter (waipian). Not by Zhuang Zhou, even though the book circulates under his name: it belongs to the schools that claimed him between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE, and its present form is that of Guo Xiang's recension (c. 300 CE). Graham assigns it to the "School of Zhuangzi", the followers closest to the inner chapters.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Chuang Tzŭ, ch. 21: Tien Tzŭ Fang

    Bernard Quaritch / Wikisource, 1889

    Translation: Herbert A. Giles

    Dominio público (Giles murió en 1935).

Français

  • Œuvre de Tchoang-tzeu, Chapitre 21. Action transcendante

    Imprimerie de Hien-hien / Wikisource, 1913

    Translation: Léon Wieger

    Dominio público (Wieger murió en 1933).

Chino clásico · 文言

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Sources

  • Roth, Harold D. «Chuang tzu 莊子». En Michael Loewe (ed.), Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide. Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China / Institute of East Asian Studies, 1993, pp. 56–66.

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