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The ancient Chinese text of the Zhuangzi teaches us to reject entrenched values – and treasure the diversity of humanity | Karyn Lai

The Zhuangzi prompts us to reflect on the shallow attitudes of those who want to draw attention to what some people lack, rather than what they might haveMaking sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday lifeThe Zhuangzi, an ancient Chinese Daoist text written by the philosopher known by the same name, has a lot to say about people who are considered “disabled”. This is interesting in itself, as parts of it were written around the 4th century BCE, when only the privileged could read and write.Why would the authors of this text, men of privilege, be interested in people who were considered at the time to be “less than normal”? Continue reading...


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