{"name": "Zhuangzi", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Zhuang Zhou, commonly known as Zhuangzi (Chinese: \u838a\u5b50; literally \"Master Zhuang\"; also rendered as Chuang Tzu), was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC during the Warring States period, a period corresponding to the summit of Chinese philosophy, the Hundred Schools of Thought. He is credited with writing\u2014in part or in whole\u2014a work known by his name, the *Zhuangzi*, which is one of the foundational texts of Taoism.\r\n\r\n**Source**: [Zhuang Zhou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuang_Zhou) on Wikipedia."}, "alternate_names": ["\u838a\u5b50", "\u5e84\u5b50", "\u838a\u5468", "Chuang Tzu", "Chuang-Tzu", "Chuang-tzu", "Chuang tzu", "Zhuang zi", "Zhuang-Zi", "Zuang-zi", "Chuang-Tse", "Chuang Ts\u00e9", "Chuang-Ts\u00e9", "Chuang Tse", "Zhuang Zhou", "Chuang Tz\u016d", "Chuangtz\u016d", "Chuangtzu", "Chuang Chou", "Zi Zhuang", "Zhuang Zi", "Tchouang-tseu", "Chuang-tzu Chuang-tzu", "Chuang-Tzu Chuang-Tzu", "Chuang-tz\u01d4", "Chuang-tzu\u0306.", "Chuang-tz\u016d.", "Tzu Chuang", "Zhuangzi Zhuangzi", "Zhou Zhuang"], "source_records": ["amazon:0342597701", "bwb:9780344568923", "bwb:9780824842642", "amazon:0342706217"], "personal_name": "Zhuangzi.", "photos": [9147604, -1], "remote_ids": {"viaf": "100166339", "wikidata": "Q47739", "isni": "0000000108862375", "musicbrainz": "705170ce-d87e-43fc-98db-fd1328bd28c2", "lc_naf": "n81055210", "librivox": "12480", "opac_sbn": "CFIV092086"}, "death_date": "c. 286 BC", "birth_date": "c. 369 BC", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "key": "/authors/OL333978A", "latest_revision": 15, "revision": 15, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-07-31T21:48:23.587275"}}