CHUANG-TZU [Chuang Chou] (369-286 B.C.):
Chinese MYSTIC and TAOIST philosopher who
taught that tranquility and spontaneous natural action were the goals of life. Happiness
comes about by knowing one's NATURE and living in harmony with the UNIVERSE. GOOD and EVIL
are relative to one's own standards. Everything is part of a universal process of
transformation. Pure experience arises when the individual becomes one with the Tao in a
state of ABSOLUTE FREEDOM. Although a contemporary of MENCIUS, the two do not seem to have
met neither do they refer to each others writings.
