<正>ZHUANGZI (ca. 369-286 B.C.), orChuang-tzu, was an influentialTaoist thinker from State Song(encompassing parts of today’sShandong and Henan provinces) dur-ing the Warring States Period (475-221B.C.). He made his living weaving strawsandals before becoming a low-rankingoffi cial. Though in economic distress formuch of his life, the great philosopherwas convinced that people should be re-signed to the natural order of things and