【正】 Life of Zhuangzi Zhuangzi was a Daoist philosopher ofthe pre-Qin era, prior to 221 BC. Accord-ing to the Records of the Historian, his fam-ily name was Zhou and he styled himselfZixiu. He was a native of Meng in the Stateof Song. He lived in poverty all his life andnever acted for his own fame or interest.He was the author of the book Zhuangzi,in which he advocated the same essentialphilosophy as Laozi, in addition to somespecific viewpoints of his own. TheZhuangzi had a deep influence on laterChinese philosophy and literature. According to Daoist scriptures,Zhuangzi was a disciple of ChangsengGongzi and cultivated Dao as a recluse