Chuang Tzu and Humanity --- Image Analysis of Confucius in Chuang Tzu

What exactly is the image of Confucius in Chuang Tzu ? There have been many discussions throughout history, from defamation, Chuang-class literature, Chuang school of Confucian, to integration of Confucian and Taoism and so on. Nevertheless, can all these be sufficient to determine the issue? The study, based on various views of predecessors, attempts to raise another viewpoint, namely, completely classify Confucius to the system of Chuang school so as to carry out indiscriminate statements. Here, Chuang Tzu and Confucius will become an integrate one rather than separate two parts. However, this doesn’t mean that the historical image of Confucius would be eliminated. On the contrary, the study firstly focused on how Chuang Tzu employs the historical image of Confucius, that is, an erudite Confucius who teached and delivered his knowledge to others. From this aspect, the study tries to discuss the Confucian image together with propositions of Chuang school regarding to knowledge, etiquette and destiny. In this way, neither the historical image of Confucius nor the integration of Confucius with the system of Chuang school would be ignored. In the study, the author exerts all energies to make Confucius in Chuang Tzu free from great authority and influences of Confucius in Chinese history. It is expected that Confucius in Chuang Tzu could be restored here.