Re-reading A.C. Graham’s scholarly translation of #Chuang-Tzu #Zhuangzi I’m reminded that there’s evidence of a strain of anti-imperialist thought in ancient China. “Throughout the literature of the third and second centuries BC, the reign of Shen-nung represents a distinctive political idea, unlike those of Confucians, Taoists, or any other well documented school. It has the look of a peasant utopia; everyone is required to support himself by his own labour…”
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