In the seventh year of the reign of King Zhou (about 369), Zhuangzi was born in Mengming, Song State.

Zhuangzi was born in the seventh year of King Zhou (369 BC). This is mainly from two aspects. First of all, Records of the Historian recorded Zhuangzi and Liang He at the same time, and also recorded that messengers hired Zhuangzi with heavy money. In the first year of Chu Weiwang (the first 339 years), that is, in the thirty-second and three years of Liang, Wang Wei died in the eleventh year (the first 329 years);

And "Zhou can be hired by Chu, there must be thirty or forty years old", so Zhuangzi should be born no later than 369 BC to 359 BC. Secondly, Zhuangzi was called history when he was in Wuhou, but was called king at the beginning, so Zhuangzi's birth year should be "in Wuhou's world, at the latest in the early years", that is, seven years of the week.

Sima Qian introduced Zhuangzi's life with concise words in Historical Records, without mentioning Zhuangzi's words. Zhuangzi's Self-study was put forward in the Tang Dynasty.

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In the seventh year of the king (362 BC), Zhuang studied Confucianism from Qiu.

Zhou Xianwang married Zhong Lishi in the 20th year (the first 349 years).

In the 21st year of the King (348 BC), the eldest son Zhuang was born everywhere.

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In the twenty-second year (347 years before), Zhou Xianwang served as an official of the lacquer garden and was exempted from military service.

In the twenty-seventh year of Zhou Xianwang (the first 342 years), I went to Shangqiu to pay Mengyi paint tax and got to know my master.

In the thirtieth year of Zhou Xianwang (339 BC), the second son Zhuang was born first.

In the thirty-first year of Zhou Xianwang (338 BC), he resigned as a painter.

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In the thirty-second year of Zhou Xianwang (the first 337 years), Jingyuan was fully managed.

In the thirty-fourth year of Zhou Xian (335 BC), Dai Ying went to Mengyi to visit Zhuang Zhou.

In the thirty-sixth year of Zhou Xianwang (333 BC), Qu Yijiu died in South Korea. Zhuang Quan missed his old friend and died of a serious illness. Zhuangzi's mother Webster also died of grief. Zhuangzi escorted his parents' coffins back to Chu.

In the thirty-seventh year of King Xian of Zhou (332 BC), he met Chu Weiwang. After that, I left Du Ying and returned to Mengyi.

In the thirty-eighth year (the first 33 1 year), Chu refused to accept his resignation.

In the thirty-ninth year of the Republic of China (the first 330 years), Lin Tao's son Lin was eleven years old and worshipped Zhuang Zhou as his teacher.

In the forty-fourth year of Zhou Xian (325 BC), Sang Zi and four sons of Dongmen came to visit Zhuang Zhou.

In forty-five years (324 BC), he took Lin to Daliang to meet his 57-year-old son. Hui Shi worried that Zhuangzi would come to ask for a photo, so he sent someone to search Zhuangzi.

In forty-six years (323 BC), he visited, and Wei Huiwang gave up cutting Qi.

In the forty-seventh year of Zhou Xianwang (322 BC), he wandered with Hui Shi in Haoshui, and there was a debate about "Fish Bridge Music".

Zhou Wang pardoned for three years (365,438+02 BC), Zhuangzi's wife died, Zhuangzi Sang and Hui Shi mourned.

Zhuangzi didn't want to go along with the rulers, wrote books in seclusion, and devoted himself to studying Taoism in a society where princes competed for hegemony. Later, he became one of the representatives of Taoism in the pre-Qin period.

Zhuangzi died in Zhou Nanwang from 17 years (298 BC) to 29 years (286 BC).

Zhuangzi's main works:

Zhuangzi's works are included in the book Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi was written in the pre-Qin period. Sima Qian said that "Zhuangzi wrote hundreds of thousands of words", and there is Zhuangzi in the fifty-two chapters of Hanshu Yiwenzhi. At present, Zhuangzi has only 33 articles with more than 65,000 words, which are divided into three parts: internal articles, external articles and miscellaneous articles. These thirty-three articles have been sorted out when Guo Xiang of Jin Dynasty annotated Zhuangzi, and the chapters are also different from those of Han Dynasty. The rest of the articles may have been deleted by Guo Xiang.

It is generally believed that Zhuangzi was written by Zhuangzi. This view has been questioned since the Song Dynasty. Later, it was generally believed that seven internal articles were written by Zhuangzi, and fifteen external articles were written by Zhuangzi's disciples, or written by Zhuangzi in cooperation with his disciples, which reflected Zhuangzi's true thoughts.

The situation of Eleven Essays is more complicated, and it should be written by Zhuangzi School. Some people think that it is not all the thoughts of Zhuangzi School, such as "stealing feet" and "saying swords".