Talk:Zhuangzi (book)

"The Death of Wonton"
2 kings named "Lickety Split" is clearly trolling. Someone please fix this. 79.106.203.16 (talk) 19:32, 16 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Probably not the translation I would have chosen, but the people's names in the original are 儵 and 忽, which are adjectives in the vein of "suddenly" and meant to be read as obviously fictional. It was a theme for awhile. Folly Mox (talk) 20:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, the authors were trolling. Remsense  诉  02:13, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Selected translations
@White whirlwind et al., would you mind if I template-ified the citations for works listed in the Selected translations section? Remsense 诉  14:33, 7 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I have no objection, but be aware that the templates may force "Last, First" for the authors. That can be less readable. Try it and see how it looks.  White Whirlwind   16:12, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

"Zhuang Zhou" subsection
I think you added the following sentence to this subsection: "Conversely, University of Sydney lecturer Esther Klein observes: 'In the perception of the vast majority of readers, whoever authored the core Zhuangzi text was Master Zhuang.'" This sentence seems a non sequitur. Why is it the "converse" of the preceding sentence, which is Burton Watson's quote that we know almost nothing about who Zhuangzi was? Wouldn't Klein's quote be more relevant in a subsection about the authorship of the text, rather than in one about Zhuangzi as a person?  White Whirlwind   17:55, 20 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Aye, I don't think I connected this material in the best way. Feel free to reseat it however you think is best—failing that, I'll take a look later today.
 * I've also been reading through the 2022 Dao Companion to the Zhuangzi edited by Kim-chong Chong—hoping there's a good chunk in there for the article, I sort of wandered away from it for a while. Remsense  诉  17:58, 20 June 2024 (UTC)