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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒁𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒊
Can Stoicism answer our dilemma?
Compare Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life with the Zhuangzi in this reflection on Stoicism vs. Daoism. Learn how Cincinnatus’s Roman Plow creates a utilitarian trap. Oh, and how The Expendables does, too.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/roman-plow-sovereign-tree-seneca-zhuangzi/#podcast #literature #books #seneca #zhuangzi #daoism #taoism #stoicism #cincinnatus #cicero
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒁𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒊
Can Stoicism answer our dilemma?
Compare Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life with the Zhuangzi in this reflection on Stoicism vs. Daoism. Learn how Cincinnatus’s Roman Plow creates a utilitarian trap. Oh, and how The Expendables does, too.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/roman-plow-sovereign-tree-seneca-zhuangzi/#podcast #literature #books #seneca #zhuangzi #daoism #taoism #stoicism #cincinnatus #cicero
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒁𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒊
Can Stoicism answer our dilemma?
Compare Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life with the Zhuangzi in this reflection on Stoicism vs. Daoism. Learn how Cincinnatus’s Roman Plow creates a utilitarian trap. Oh, and how The Expendables does, too.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/roman-plow-sovereign-tree-seneca-zhuangzi/#podcast #literature #books #seneca #zhuangzi #daoism #taoism #stoicism #cincinnatus #cicero
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒁𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒊
Can Stoicism answer our dilemma?
Compare Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life with the Zhuangzi in this reflection on Stoicism vs. Daoism. Learn how Cincinnatus’s Roman Plow creates a utilitarian trap. Oh, and how The Expendables does, too.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/roman-plow-sovereign-tree-seneca-zhuangzi/#podcast #literature #books #seneca #zhuangzi #daoism #taoism #stoicism #cincinnatus #cicero
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆: 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒘, 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒁𝒉𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒛𝒊
Can Stoicism answer our dilemma?
Compare Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life with the Zhuangzi in this reflection on Stoicism vs. Daoism. Learn how Cincinnatus’s Roman Plow creates a utilitarian trap. Oh, and how The Expendables does, too.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/roman-plow-sovereign-tree-seneca-zhuangzi/#podcast #literature #books #seneca #zhuangzi #daoism #taoism #stoicism #cincinnatus #cicero
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My dad just published a book!
📕 Zhuangzi Notes and Reflections (2026) https://works.hcommons.org/records/89045-bcp64
“What I have written here is an English-language commentary on the classic Chinese Daoist text, the Zhuangzi. The book is named after the late fourth-century BCE philosopher Zhuang Zhou. I have posted it on an open access platform called Knowledge Commons. The link is to a free download”
#Daoist #Daoism #Taoism #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseLiterature #Zhuangzi #ZhuangZhou #philosophy #KnowledgeCommons #FreeBook #eBook #CreativeCommons
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My dad just published a book!
📕 Zhuangzi Notes and Reflections (2026) https://works.hcommons.org/records/89045-bcp64
“What I have written here is an English-language commentary on the classic Chinese Daoist text, the Zhuangzi. The book is named after the late fourth-century BCE philosopher Zhuang Zhou. I have posted it on an open access platform called Knowledge Commons. The link is to a free download”
#Daoist #Daoism #Taoism #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseLiterature #Zhuangzi #ZhuangZhou #philosophy #KnowledgeCommons #FreeBook #eBook #CreativeCommons
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My dad just published a book!
📕 Zhuangzi Notes and Reflections (2026) https://works.hcommons.org/records/89045-bcp64
“What I have written here is an English-language commentary on the classic Chinese Daoist text, the Zhuangzi. The book is named after the late fourth-century BCE philosopher Zhuang Zhou. I have posted it on an open access platform called Knowledge Commons. The link is to a free download”
#Daoist #Daoism #Taoism #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseLiterature #Zhuangzi #ZhuangZhou #philosophy #KnowledgeCommons #FreeBook #eBook #CreativeCommons
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My dad just published a book!
📕 Zhuangzi Notes and Reflections (2026) https://works.hcommons.org/records/89045-bcp64
“What I have written here is an English-language commentary on the classic Chinese Daoist text, the Zhuangzi. The book is named after the late fourth-century BCE philosopher Zhuang Zhou. I have posted it on an open access platform called Knowledge Commons. The link is to a free download”
#Daoist #Daoism #Taoism #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseLiterature #Zhuangzi #ZhuangZhou #philosophy #KnowledgeCommons #FreeBook #eBook #CreativeCommons
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My dad just published a book!
📕 Zhuangzi Notes and Reflections (2026) https://works.hcommons.org/records/89045-bcp64
“What I have written here is an English-language commentary on the classic Chinese Daoist text, the Zhuangzi. The book is named after the late fourth-century BCE philosopher Zhuang Zhou. I have posted it on an open access platform called Knowledge Commons. The link is to a free download”
#Daoist #Daoism #Taoism #ChinesePhilosophy #ChineseLiterature #Zhuangzi #ZhuangZhou #philosophy #KnowledgeCommons #FreeBook #eBook #CreativeCommons
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Today's new #HoPWaG episode: an interview with Hans-Georg Moeller on humor and amoral ethics in a Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi - and its relation to Confucianism and Legalism. www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-moe... #philsky #philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #podcast
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It's #HoPWaG time again! Today we look at the theme of "wandering" in the Zhuangzi, comparing this to Thomas Nagel's idea of "philosophical absurdity." www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-wan... #philsky #philosophy #podcasts #daoism #zhuangzi
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www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-death Time for a new #HoPWaG episode! Today we tackle the many passages in the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi, that deal with death - including the famous "dreaming you are a butterfly" passage. #daoism #zhuangzi #philsky #philosophy #podcasts
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Finished reading this on the train today, and it's a fun and interesting book. I have a soft spot for Zhuangzi's happy fish, and so this was up my street. It's also open access, putting the "free" into "free and easy wandering" (逍遙遊)
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111568171/html
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Today on #HoPWaG, we look at the variety of presentations (and names) of Confucius in the "Zhuangzi." What do these portrayal's tell us about Daoist attitudes towards Confucianism? www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-con... #podcast #philosophy #philsky #confucisus #daoism #zhuangzi
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Coming up on Sunday on #HoPWaG, we have a look at the various mentions of Confucius/Kongzi in the Zhuangzi. Did Daoists think this great sage was all that great? #podcast #philosophy #daoism #zhuangzi
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Coming up on Sunday on #HoPWaG, we have a look at the various mentions of Confucius/Kongzi in the Zhuangzi. Did Daoists this this great sage was all that great? #podcast #philosophy #daoism #zhuangzi
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@futurebird @Anke @va2lam @bucknam
So lovely.
Sewing is an alien art for me, I envy you. I won't start now, but I see this as a wonderful Taoist case study!
Let the material decide how it wants to be treated. The knot is my external will, clumsily imposed on the thread; the friction loop is the inner nature of the thread, gracefully doing what it does, skillfully aligned with my needs.
I love the drawing too!
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古之真人，不知說生，不知惡死；其出不訢，其入不距；翛然而往，翛然而來而已矣。不忘其所始，不求其所終；受而喜之，忘而復之。是之謂不以心捐道，不以人助天。是之謂真人。若然者，其心志，其容寂，其顙頯，淒然似秋，煖然似春，喜怒通四時
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New #HoPWaG for you today: The Zhuangzi's critique of dogmatism in argument and politics, which it calls "shi-fei" thinking. www.historyofphilosophy.net/zhuangzi-shi... #philsky #philosophy #podcast #daoism #zhuangzi
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"Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?"
– Zhuangzi
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New open access book on Chinese philosophy by Mike Beaney, focusing on the wonderful "happy fish" passage from the Zhuangzi! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #philsky #daoism #zhuangzi #philosophy #openaccess
The Joy of Chinese Philosophy -
TAO: The Full Return To Nature “Ancient Chinese wisdom of Taoism that can be practically applied in your own life” Sale: $4.99 to $0.99 by Cory Endrulat Rating: 4.8/5 (7 Reviews) #Taoism #Philosophy #Spirituality #Discovery #Laozi #Zhuangzi #CarlJung #CSLewis #Books #Mindfulness #Nature #BookSky
TAO: The Full Return To Nature -
The old man put down his pipe and spoke.
Life is short, he said, it passes by one day at a time, without fanfare, and then suddenly we realise it's all gone. I wish I could meet my younger self and beat some sense into the careless young man I then was.
What would you say to him?
Get enough sleep. Eat well. Always have some chicken stock in the fridge. That sort of thing.
He picked up his pipe and took a few gentle puffs.
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The old man put down his pipe and spoke.
Life is short, he said, it passes by one day at a time, without fanfare, and then suddenly we realise it's all gone. I wish I could meet my younger self and beat some sense into the careless young man I then was.
What would you say to him?
Get enough sleep. Eat well. Always have some chicken stock in the fridge. That sort of thing.
He picked up his pipe and took a few gentle puffs.
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The old man put down his pipe and spoke.
Life is short, he said, it passes by one day at a time, without fanfare, and then suddenly we realise it's all gone. I wish I could meet my younger self and beat some sense into the careless young man I then was.
What would you say to him?
Get enough sleep. Eat well. Always have some chicken stock in the fridge. That sort of thing.
He picked up his pipe and took a few gentle puffs.
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The old man put down his pipe and spoke.
Life is short, he said, it passes by one day at a time, without fanfare, and then suddenly we realise it's all gone. I wish I could meet my younger self and beat some sense into the careless young man I then was.
What would you say to him?
Get enough sleep. Eat well. Always have some chicken stock in the fridge. That sort of thing.
He picked up his pipe and took a few gentle puffs.
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The old man put down his pipe and spoke.
Life is short, he said, it passes by one day at a time, without fanfare, and then suddenly we realise it's all gone. I wish I could meet my younger self and beat some sense into the careless young man I then was.
What would you say to him?
Get enough sleep. Eat well. Always have some chicken stock in the fridge. That sort of thing.
He picked up his pipe and took a few gentle puffs.
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I think that’s the trick, at least.
One box of books at a time.
One toot at a time.
Who am I to question?The Way unfolds by walking.
#Zhuangzi #Taoism #DailyTao #MovingDay #Mindfulness #WritingLife
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旁日月，挾宇宙，為其脗合，置其滑涽，以隸相尊。眾人役役，聖人愚芚，參萬歲而一成純。萬物盡然，而以是相蘊
"The sage leans on the sun and moon, tucks the universe under his arm, merges himself with things, leaves the confusion and muddle as it is, and looks on slaves as exalted. Ordinary men strain and struggle; the sage is stupid and blockish. He takes part in ten thousand ages and achieves simplicity in oneness. For him, all the ten thousand things are what they are, and thus they enfold each other."
#Zhuangzi chapter 2, Watson trans.
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Tzu-yu said, "By the piping of earth, then, you mean simply [the sound of] these hollows, and by the piping of man [the sound of] flutes and whistles. But may I ask about the piping of Heaven?"
Tzu-ch'i said, "Blowing on the ten thousand things in a different way, so that each can be itself - all take what they want for themselves, but who does the sounding?"
#Zhuangzi chapter 2, Watson trans.
daoist #dyads
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3/ Which of these four 'knows' what is rightly alluring? From where I see it, all the sproutings of humankindness and responsible conduct and all the trails of right and wrong are hopelessly tangled and confused. How could I know how to distinguish and demonstrate any conclusions about them?”
#Zhuangzi (Ziporyn translation)
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3/ So in all our travels we can never really know where we are going, in all our dwellings we can never really know what is maintaining us, in all our eating we can never really know what we are tasting. This is all the bright and vigorous energy of heaven and earth—how could it be obtained and possessed?"
#Zhuangzi (Ziporyn translation)
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🦋"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - #Zhuangzi, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson
#dao #tao #daoism #taoism #zhuangzhou #ChuangTzu #doist #taoist
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🦋"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - #Zhuangzi, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson
#dao #tao #daoism #taoism #zhuangzhou #ChuangTzu #doist #taoist
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🦋"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - #Zhuangzi, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson
#dao #tao #daoism #taoism #zhuangzhou #ChuangTzu #doist #taoist
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🦋"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - #Zhuangzi, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson
#dao #tao #daoism #taoism #zhuangzhou #ChuangTzu #doist #taoist
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🦋"Once upon a time, I, Zhuang Zhou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Zhou. Soon I awakened, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man." - #Zhuangzi, Ch 2 tr Burton Watson
#dao #tao #daoism #taoism #zhuangzhou #ChuangTzu #doist #taoist
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Tao Te Ching, Zhuang Zi e Lie Zi alla radio
Segnalo due interessanti trasmissioni di Radio3 dedicate ai grandi classici taoisti: Tao Te Ching Zhuang Zi e Lie Zi (ascolta anche il nostro podcast su IChing e Numerologia) #TaoTeChing #ZhuangZi #LieZi #IChing #podcast #radio
http://iching.blog/2025/02/11/tao-te-ching-zhuang-zi-e-lie-zi-alla-radio/
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The swamp pheasant has to walk ten paces for one peck and a hundred paces for one drink, but it doesn't want to be kept in a cage. Though you treat it like a king, its spirit won't be content.
#Zhuangzi (chapter 3, The Secret of Caring for Life, Watson trans.)
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CW: The seeds of things 3/3
Sheep's Groom couples with bamboo that has not sprouted for a long while and produces Green Peace plants. Green Peace plants produce leopards and leopards produce horses and horses produce men. Men in time return again to the mysterious workings. So all creatures come out of the mysterious workings and go back into them again."
#Zhuangzi (Watson translation, chapter 18) #ChuangTzu #Daoism #Taoism
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CW: Autumn Floods 2/2
"I have heard there is a sacred turtle in Chu, already dead for three thousand years, which the king keeps in a bamboo chest high in his shrine. Do you think this turtle would prefer to be dead and having his carcass exalted, or alive and dragging his tail through the mud?" The emissaries said, "Alive and dragging his tail through the mud." Zhuangzi said, "Away with you then! I too will drag my tail through the mud!"
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I released a new #philosophy and #literature #podcast: #Jaynes, #Tolstoy, and #Zhuangzi, with Isabela Granic @IsabelaG https://pod.fo/e/21903c @philosophy @literature
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Stecken wir in der Matrix? 🎙️#Astronomie #Universum #Sternengeschichten #Astrodicticum #Sterne #Wissenschaft #Kosmologie #Philosophie #Quantenmechanik #NickBostrom #Zhuāngzǐ #Simulationshypothese #Simulation #Computersimulation #ScienceFiction #Bewusstsein #Kultur #Mathematik
Sternengeschichten : Ist das Universum eine Simulation? -
#GayGames #HongKong #cochair on the ancient #Chinese #text that helped her #embrace being a #lesbian
A #work of #Chinese #philosophy and #literature, the #Zhuangzi, traditionally attributed to the #philosopher of the same name from the #lateWarringStatesPeriod (475-221BC), is a series of #stories, #anecdotes and #parables that #advocate #independentthinking and #freedom from #societalconventions.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #Representation #Culture
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#GayGames #HongKong #cochair on the ancient #Chinese #text that helped her #embrace being a #lesbian
A #work of #Chinese #philosophy and #literature, the #Zhuangzi, traditionally attributed to the #philosopher of the same name from the #lateWarringStatesPeriod (475-221BC), is a series of #stories, #anecdotes and #parables that #advocate #independentthinking and #freedom from #societalconventions.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #Representation #Culture
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#GayGames #HongKong #cochair on the ancient #Chinese #text that helped her #embrace being a #lesbian
A #work of #Chinese #philosophy and #literature, the #Zhuangzi, traditionally attributed to the #philosopher of the same name from the #lateWarringStatesPeriod (475-221BC), is a series of #stories, #anecdotes and #parables that #advocate #independentthinking and #freedom from #societalconventions.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #Representation #Culture
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#GayGames #HongKong #cochair on the ancient #Chinese #text that helped her #embrace being a #lesbian
A #work of #Chinese #philosophy and #literature, the #Zhuangzi, traditionally attributed to the #philosopher of the same name from the #lateWarringStatesPeriod (475-221BC), is a series of #stories, #anecdotes and #parables that #advocate #independentthinking and #freedom from #societalconventions.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #Representation #Culture
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#GayGames #HongKong #cochair on the ancient #Chinese #text that helped her #embrace being a #lesbian
A #work of #Chinese #philosophy and #literature, the #Zhuangzi, traditionally attributed to the #philosopher of the same name from the #lateWarringStatesPeriod (475-221BC), is a series of #stories, #anecdotes and #parables that #advocate #independentthinking and #freedom from #societalconventions.
#Women #Lesbians #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #China #Representation #Culture
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Though I can’t access the experience of mushroom selfhood or butterfly selfhood—I can’t know what it’s like to be those people—there is some relationship between the mushroom and me, the butterfly and me, some common rouser or piper that pipes 'puhpowee' in the night and creates the conditions for all of our selves to emerge, however different they are from each other.
https://freeanduneasy.blog/we-are-the-morning-mushrooms/
#BraidingSweetgrass #Zhuangzi #Identity #Self #RobinWallKimmerer #IndigenousKnowledge #Daoism #Taoism