Abstract
Abstract: This article contextualizes the thought of the Zhuangzi 莊子 via the Classic of Poetry ( Shijing 詩經), the most canonical textual tradition from the Warring States (fifth century to 221 b.c.e.) into the early imperial period. First, it reads the fantastical vignettes from the opening of chapter 1 "Free-and-Easy Wandering" ( Xiaoyao you 逍遙遊), as parodies of Shi poetics. Second, it argues that the themes of "wandering" ( you 遊) and "lodging" ( yu 寓) stand as critical alternatives to the Shi preoccupation with homeward, ruler-centric movements. Such connections open up new ways of understanding the development of Zhuangzian thought.
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