But between Laozi and Ssŭ-ma Chʽien there were many Taoist writers whose works remain. I may specify of them Lieh-tzŭ (assuming that his chapters, though not composed in their present form by him, may yet be accepted as fair specimens of his teaching); Chuang-tzŭ (of the fourth century BC . We find him refusing to accept high office from king Wei of Chʽu , BC 339⁠–⁠299); Han Fei , a voluminous author, who died by his own hand in BC 230; and