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  • Why the Urge to Fix Everyone Might Be the Real Problem

    September 14, 2026

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    Rob

    This commentary on Zhuangzi ‑ Ma Ti uses Bo Le’s horse‑taming metaphor. It criticizes forced conformity by sages’ rituals‑virtues, and praises primitive simplicity where beings thrive freely without artificial reshaping.

  • Chapter 9. Horses’ Hooves (Ma Ti)

    September 14, 2026

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Mati excerpt uses Bo Le’s horse‑taming fable. It blames sages’ imposed rituals and virtues for ruining innate nature, and praises the ancient Age of Perfect Virtue of plain, unconstrained simplicity.

  • Why Forced Goodness Can Wreck Your Life

    September 14, 2026

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    Rob

    This commentary on Zhuangzi ‑ Pianmu critiques forced performative morality. Using metaphors like duck‑crane legs and lost‑sheep parable, it warns against sacrificing one’s true nature for external social or moral standards.

  • Chapter 8. Webbed Toes and Branching Fingers (Pian Mu)

    September 14, 2026

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Pianmu excerpt uses webbed‑toe metaphors. It argues artificial virtues like benevolence, righteousness are excrescences, urging people to abide by inherent nature rather than sacrificing themselves for external ideals.

  • Zhuangzi’s Radical Politics of Wu Wei & Natural Freedom

    September 14, 2026

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    Rob

    This commentary on Zhuangzi ‑ Yingdiwang interprets its wu‑wei political thought. Via fables including Huzi‑shaman and Hundun’s death, it advocates self‑emptiness and warns against imposing artificial order on nature.

  • Chapter 7. Responding to Kingship (YingDiWang)

    September 13, 2026

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    Ana

    This Zhuangzi ‑ Yingdiwang excerpt explores ideal wu‑wei rulership via fables including Huzi and the shaman. It introduces the mirror‑mind metaphor and concludes with the famous parable of the death of Hundun.

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