Saved by a giant gourd: Political reality and philosophical deactivation of the counsellor in the Zhuangzi

Placed in the first chapter of the Zhuangzi, the dialogue between Huizi and Zhuangzi about a giant gourd is a celebrated anecdote that, both for its structure and for the ideas it seems to mobilize, has aroused the interest of readers and, consequently, has also generated a wide variety of interpret...

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Main Author: Galvany, Albert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Asian philosophy
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 120-134
Further subjects:B Zhuangzi
B Political Philosophy
B reality of philosophy
B uselessness
B Hui Shi
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