ABSTRACT
Zhuangzi 1 (369–286 BCE) is considered, along with Lao Tzu, Confucius and Mencius, to be one the four great Chinese philosophers. As with them, the sayings attributed to him are likely to be the work of many writers, over centuries, who were inspired by him, so in referring to his work we refer to the work of many. This would no doubt have both pleased and amused Zhuangzi who said ‘name is only the guest of reality’. 2 In ‘Discussion on Making All things Equal’ he contrasts the spirited life of men in their dreams with the humdrum incarceration of their daily lives. ‘They drown in what they do… they grow dark, as though sealed with seals’ 3 until they die.
