Zhuang Zhou

Zhuang Zhou, honorifically often known as Zhuangzi, was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States period, a period of great development in Chinese philosophy, the Hundred Schools of Thought.

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Who was born first?

• Zhuang Zhou and Yang Zhu were born the same year
• Zhuang Zhou was born 2 years after Theophrastus
• Zhuang Zhou was born 3 years after Mencius
• Zhuang Zhou was born 4 years before Crates of Thebes
• Zhuang Zhou was born 6 years after Chanakya

Timeline

1. Chanakya375–283 BC
2. Menciuscirca 372 BC – circa 289 BC
3. Theophrastuscirca 371 BC – 287 BC
4. Yang Zhu369–318 BC
5. Zhuang Zhou (this page)circa 369 BC – circa 288 BC
6. Crates of Thebescirca 365 BC – circa 285 BC

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