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Zhuangzi (c. 369–298 BCE) was a pivotal figure in Classical Philosophical Daoism, known for the *Zhuangzi* text, an anthology of writings attributed to him and others during China's Classical period. He engaged in philosophical debates with figures like Hui Shi, a linguistic relativist from the School of Names. Later orthodoxy misrepresented him as an anti-rational follower of Laozi, though this view has been discredited by archeological evidence.
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The Butterfly Dream parable directly parallels the simulation argument's questioning of base reality versus simulated reality
Source: textual-scholar agent in the research summary
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