Chuang Tzŭ belongs to the third and fourth centuries before Christ. He lived in the feudal age, when China was split up into a number of States owning a nominal allegiance to the royal, and weakly, House of Chou. He is noticed by the historian Ssŭ-ma Ch'ien, who flourished at the close of the second century B.C., as follows: - Chuang Tzŭ was a native of M?ng. His personal name was Chou. He held a petty official post at...