HPC 45. Practice Makes Perfect: Skill Stories in the Zhuangzi
18/1/2026 | 20min
In addition to sages who show us the way, the Zhuangzi features people taking on daily activities such as woodworking and butchering: we discuss how these figures serve as counterpoints to officials in the Zhuangzi’s time.
HPC 44. Like a Fish Out of Water: Animal Stories in the Zhuangzi
04/1/2026 | 18min
The many stories about animals in the Zhuangzi encourage us to adopt a perspective that goes beyond the human point of view.
HPC 43. Chiu Wai-Wai on the Zhuangzi and Mohism
21/12/2025 | 32min
An interview on debates over language and reasoning between the Mohists and the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi.
HPC 42. A Black and White World: the Zhuangzi on Shi-Fei Dogmatism
07/12/2025 | 18min
The Zhuangzi’s critique of dogmatic approaches to argumentation and governing the state.
HPC 41. To Speak or Not to Speak: Skepticism in the Zhuangzi
23/11/2025 | 23min
We introduce the second great classic of Warring States Daoism, the Zhuangzi, and ask whether it adopts a position of radical skepticism.
Sobre History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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