在《莊子》思想的研究上，將《莊子》書的一部份或大部分視為一個大致相貫通的文獻來討論、分析，是一種常見的做法，但對於文獻的分類與取捨，有所不同。然而，對於內外雜篇中文獻的認定及採用範圍的差異，影響到研究所得的結果，以及此結果所代表的意義。在本研究中，將從文獻之一致性的角度來探討此問題，嘗試說明《莊子》書中大部分文獻所論，具有相當程度的一致性，故而處理《莊子》文獻時，以將全書視為一整體來討論為宜。而且，它所代表的也不只是一個廣泛意義的莊子學派或道家學派，而是包含莊子在內的一群思想接近的思想家們的思想。

In the research of the philosophy of Zhuangzi, it is general that some, or even most part, of the texts in this book are considered to be in accordance with Zhuangzi. However, the different classification and quotations of the texts in Neipian (內篇) Waipian (外篇) and Zapian (雜篇) will affect the result of the research and the meaning of the result. This article tries to point out that most texts of Zhuangzi are in consistency and it is better to take most texts in this book into consideration in the research work. Besides, the book of Zhuangzi is not the work of a school of extensive Zhuangzi's followers, but it represents the philosophies of a school of Zhuangzi's followers whose philosophies close to Zhuangzi (Master Zhuang).