Zhuang Zhou

Zhuangzi (莊子) Zhuang Zhou (莊周)
Born	c. 369BC
Dee'd	c. 286BC
Era	Ancient philosophy
Region	Chinese philosophy
Schuil	Taoism
Influences Zhou Era Cheenese thocht: Confucius, Laozi, Mozi, Hui Shi, Yang Zhu
Influenced Daoism, Cheenese Buddhism, Zen, an ither East Asie philosophies

Zhuang Zhou, eften kent as Zhuangzi ("Master Zhuang"),^[a] wis an influential Cheenese philosopher wha lived aroond the 4t century BC during the Warrin States period, a period correspondin tae the summit o Cheenese philosophie, the Hunder Schuils o Thocht. He is creditit wi writin—in pairt or in whole—a wark kent bi his name, the Zhuangzi, which expresses a philosophie o skepticism.