Microsoft Teams: https://go.um.edu.mo/7mnk1eav   Abstract This article examines how the Zhuangzi systematically subverts the epistemic hierarchies of its time by inverting the values traditionally associated with “wisdom” and “ignorance.” I propose the concept of “the unmaking of wisdom/knowledge (zhi 知)” to describe a recurrent dynamic in the text: the supposed wisdom of nobles, courtiers, and specialists—figures tied to political authority and scholarly prestige—is portrayed as a form of ignorance, self-deception, or rigid fixation, whereas the apparent ignorance of commoners, artisans, and other marginalized figures comes to be seen as type of wisdom/knowledge. Through close readings of a range of episodes—encounters between rulers and commoners, officials and artisans, etc.—I show how the Zhuangzi dismantles conventional criteria of epistemic authority by dramatizing […]