c. 400 BC–c. 201 BC
Zhuangzi tradition
Religion · Chinese traditions · Daoist traditions · Texts and transmission
Texts attributed to Zhuang Zhou and later circles explored the Way, transformation and nature. Their authorship and textual layers are complex.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- century · approximate
- End
- century · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ca. siglos IV–III a. C.
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2011-12-01
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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