Zhuangzi - Translations

Translations

Translations into English of the full text:

• Balfour, Frederic Henry (1881). The Divine Classic of Nan-Hua; Being the Works of Chuang Tsze, Taoist Philosopher. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh.
• Legge, James (1891). The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Taoism, Part I. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reprint: 1962. New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-20990-6.
• Giles, Herbert Allen (1926). Chuang Tzǔ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh. Reprint: 1974. New York: AMS Press. ISBN 978-0-404-56915-0.
• Ware, James R. (1963). The Sayings of Chuang Chou. New York: Mentor Classics.
• Watson, Burton (1968). The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-03147-9.
• Palmer, Martin. (1996). The Book of Chuang Tzu. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-019488-3.
• Mair, Victor H. (1994). Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu. New York: Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0-553-37406-3.
• Wang Rongpei (1999). Zhuangzi (Library of Chinese Classics: Chinese-English edition). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 978-7-5438-2087-6.

Translations into English of the inner chapters, often with some additional chapters:

• Fung, Yu-lan (1933). Chuang-tzǔ: a new selected translation with an exposition of the philosophy of Kuo Hsiang. Shanghai: The Commercial Press. Reprint: 1964. A Taoist Classic: Chuang-Tzu. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 978-7-119-00104-3.
• Watson, Burton (1964). Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings. New York: Columbia University Press. Reprint: 1996. ISBN 978-0-231-08606-6; ISBN 978-0-231-10595-8 (paper).
• Feng, Gia-Fu and English, Jane (1974). Chuang Tsu: Inner Chapters. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-394-71990-0.
• Graham, A. C. (1981). Chuang-tzǔ: The Seven Inner Chapters and other writings from the book Chuang-tzǔ. London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-299010-1. Reprint: 2001. Chuang-tzǔ: The Inner Chapters. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-87220-582-6; ISBN 978-0-87220-581-9 (paper).
• Cleary, Thomas (1992). The Essential Tao: An Initiation into the Heart of Taoism Through the Authentic Tao Te Ching and the Inner Teachings of Chuang-Tzu. Harper San Francisco. ISBN 978-0-06-250177-6 (one of several)
• Hinton, David. (1997). Chuang Tzu: the Inner Chapters. New York: Counterpoint. ISBN 978-1-887178-34-1.
• Seaton, Jerome and Hamill, Sam. (1998). The Essential Chuang Tzu. Boston: Shambhala Press. ISBN 978-1-57062-336-3.
• Ziporyn, Brook (2009). Zhuangzi: The Essential Writings with Selections from Traditional Commentaries. Indianapolis: Hackett. ISBN 978-0-87220-911-4.