Zhuangzi yi ( "Wings to the Zhuangzi") is a work by the Ming philosopher and scholar Jiao Hong ç¦章(1541âÂÂ1620).
The work, comprising 10 juan and dating from the year 1588, represents the most important interpretative Zhuangzi study of the Ming period; it includes the commentaries of 22 Song and Ming scholars.
The article "Zhuangzi yi" in the Zhongguo zhexue da cidian (Dictionary of Chinese Philosophy) summarizes that the first part discusses the works listed in earlier catalogues, from the commentary of Guo Xiang éÂÂ象 to the writings of 22 other scholars. The second part quotes the so-called mutual explanations (äºÂç¸åÂÂæÂÂ), from Zhi Daolin (æ¯éÂÂæÂÂ) up to 16 other scholars. In addition, explanations of sections and words (zhangju yinyi ç« åÂ¥é³ä¹Â) are presented, from Guo Xiang up to a total of 11 scholars. Upon examination of the cited sources, it is found that the opinions of Guo Xiang éÂÂ象, Lü Huiqing Ã¥ÂÂæ å¿, Chu Boxiu è¤Â伯ç§Â, Luo Mianxue ç½ÂÃ¥ÂÂå¦ and Lu Xixing éÂÂ西æ are used most often; the remaining scholars only appear occasionally, to complement the number of sources represented.
Chinaknowledge underlines that Jiao Hong argued in his Zhuangzi yi that the Inner Chapters (neipian) of the Zhuangzi were quite probably written by one person, but the Outer (waipian) and Miscellaneous Chapters (zapian) were additions of later times, especially the Han period.
Guan Feng in his translation and commentary of the Inner Chapters of the Zhuangzi (in his Zhuangzi neipian yijie he pipan åºÂÃ¥ÂÂå ç¯Âè¯Â解åÂÂæ¹å¤) concludes his remarks on the work with the following words
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The collection is extremely extensive. Compared with the Yihai ä¹Âæµ· [by Chu Boxiu] it is especially precise and concentrated and can be called the great compendium of Song- and Ming-annotations on the Zhuangzi. At the same time the editors' notes contain many original insights and explanations.
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Jiao Hong added his own commentary as well, according to Brook Ziporyn "reflecting a learned and syncretic perspective on the text combining Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian ideas".
The work includes at the end also a volume Zhuangzi quewu åºÂÃ¥ÂÂéÂÂ误 ("Errors in the Zhuangzi") as well as an appendix in 1 juan. An edition exists, among others, in the Jinling congshu éÂÂéµä¸Â书.
The work is contained in the Daoist Canon (Zhengtong Daozang ).
Jiao Hong is also the author of a Laozi yi (), in 8 juan, being combined notes on the Daodejing.