Aesoplike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Aesop-like. alt-of, alternative

    "He [Zhuang Zhou] loved to pillory the Confucian thinkers for their proud claims to wisdom and superior rectitude; he teased them with amusing stories about Confucius which are on a par with Aesoplike tales about the “Spirit of the River” and “General Clouds”—the point of many of the stories being that Confucius was really a Taoist in disguise."

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"He [Zhuang Zhou] loved to pillory the Confucian thinkers for their proud claims to wisdom and superior rectitude; he teased them with amusing stories about Confucius which are on a par with Aesoplike tales about the “Spirit of the River” and “General Clouds”—the point of many of the stories being that Confucius was really a Taoist in disguise."

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