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This is a glossary of Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) exegesis (for further details on the early Chinese text, see the main article "Zhuangzi (book)" and the biographical article "Zhuang Zhou").

The glossary pertains to the transmission and commentary history of the Chinese literary and philosophical text, one of the two basic texts of the Daoist tradition, which is known in English under different titles. Zhuangzi (simplified Chinese: 庄子; traditional Chinese: 莊子; pinyin: Zhuāngzǐ "Master Zhuang") or Zhuang Zhou (simplified Chinese: 庄周; traditional Chinese: 莊周; pinyin: Zhuāng Zhōu; Wade–Giles: Chuang Chou; c. 369-286 B.C) was a Daoist philosopher and poet during China's Warring States period. He holds an important position in the history of Chinese philosophy, literature, aesthetics, and intellectual thought. Among the prose works of various thinkers, Zhuangzi's writings are the most vivid and wonderful; they are rich in poetic atmosphere, picturesque in style, and display strong individual characteristics. Two of the earliest known commentators to the Zhuangzi - before the textual editing by Guo Xiang (in 33 chapters) - are Cui Zhuan 崔譔 (fl. 290 CE) and Xiang Xiu 向秀 (ca. 227−272 CE). Today there are four common types of Zhuangzi editions: 1.