Zhuang Zhou, a descendant of the Song Dynasty, is a representative of the Taoist school in the Warring States period after Laozi, and one of the main representatives of the Taoist school. Ancestors can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, the eleventh monarch of the Song State, and the ancestor of Zhuang.
The representatives of Taoism are Pangu, Fuxi, Guang Chengzi, Huangdi, Yan Di, Jiang Ziya, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Liezi, Guiguzi, Sean, Zhang Daoling, Si Mahui, Zhuge Liang, Ran Min, Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Yan Zhenqing, Wang Xizhi and Zhang Sanfeng.
Taoism is the only indigenous religion in China. Taoism originated from the Yellow Emperor, epitomized by Laozi, and developed in Shi Tian, Zhang Daoling. It has had a far-reaching impact on China's philosophy, literature, science and technology, art, music, health, religion, calligraphy, art, sports, history, commerce and military affairs.
Zhuangzi:
Zhuangzi (about 369 BC-about 286 BC), a native of Zhou Dynasty, was born in the State of Song. He was a thinker, philosopher and writer in the mid-Warring States period, a representative of the Taoist school, and was also called "Lao Zi" with Lao Zi.
Zhuangzi's father was an aristocrat of Chu State, and later moved to Song State, so Zhuangzi received a good education in his early years. Zhuangzi hates politics and advocates freedom. In his early years, he only worked as a lacquer garden official in Mengyi in the Song Dynasty, and later refused Chu Weiwang's invitation to hire him as the Minister of State. Zhuangzi is very eloquent. He once advised to give up cutting Qi, and had a famous debate with his good friend Hui Shi, such as Hao Liang's debate.
Zhuangzi's thoughts are mainly recorded in the book Zhuangzi, and his representative works include Free Travel, On Wuqi, Master of Health, etc. His works have high literary attainments, and can turn complicated and difficult philosophies into literariness, which is called "the philosophy of literature, the literature of philosophy".