other translations
Graham’s translation is useful and respected for academic quality, and Watson’s translation is more poetic.
This text has been translated by Federic Balfour, James Legge, Herbert Giles, James Ware, Martin Palmer, Victor H. Mair, Wang Rongpei, and Nina Correa.
Partial translations of the text are available by Fung Yu-lan, Gia-Fu Feng, A.C. Graham, Thomas Cleary, David Hinton, Brook Ziporyn, Thomas Merton, and Brian Bruya.
Legge, James, trans., The Sacred books of China: The texts of Taoism, New York: Dover Publications, 1962.
Graham, Charles, trans., Chuang-tzu: the seven inner chapters and other writings from the book Chuang-tzu, London Boston: Allen & Unwin. 1981. New Directions; Second Edition, 2010.
Graham, Angus Charles, Chuang-tzu: textual notes to a partial translation, London: University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, 1982.
Merton, Thomas, The way of Chuang-tzu, New York: New Directions, 1969.
Note: This book is based on English translations of Chuang-tzu.
Yu-lan Fung, Chuang-tzu: a new selected translation with an exposition of the philosophy of Kuo Hsiang, 2nd ed., New York: Paragon Book Reprint, 1964.
Wu, Kuang-ming, Chuang Tzu: World Philosopher at Play. New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, 1982.
Mair, Victor H. trans. Wandering on the Way: Early Taoist Tales and Parables of Chuang Tzu. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1998.
Palmer, Martin, trans. The Book of Chuang Tzu. New York: Arkana, 1996.
Cleary, Thomas, The Essential Tao: An Initiation into the Heart of Taoism Through the Authenitic Tao Te Ching and the Inner Teachings of Chuang-Tzu, HarperOne, 1993.