Liezi

Liezi
Chinese列子
Literal meaning"[The Writings of] Master Lie"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLièzǐ
Wade–GilesLieh4-tzu3
IPA[ljêtsɨ̀]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLiht-jí
JyutpingLit6-zi2
Southern Min
Tâi-lôLia̍t-tsú
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*[r][e]t tsəʔ
Calligraphy of a segment of the "Yang Zhu" ("Yang-chu") chapter - Kojima Soshin

The Liezi (Chinese: 列子; Wade–Giles: Lieh-tzu) is a Taoist text attributed to Lie Yukou, a c. 5th century BC Hundred Schools of Thought philosopher. Although there were references to Lie's Liezi from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, a number of Chinese and Western scholars believe that the content of the current text was compiled around the 4th century CE by Zhang Zhan.