The Knowing And Governing Of Zhuangzi
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Li, Yi-Hang
Abstract
Owing to the political chaos of the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States Periods（春秋戰國時代）, the original order was destroyed, and accordingly caused “disorder”. Due to ”disorder” , the regularity of people’s lives declined gradually. Therefore, it led the various schools of thinkers’ corrections to come into existence. As far as《Zhuangzi》was concerned, “disorder” was the priority problem to be solved, but the key to dealing with it was to think over the conception of “order” primarily. Different conceptions of “order” derived from different conduct of “governing”. Similarly, different conduct of“governing” derived from different interpretation of “knowing”. Consequently,《Zhuangzi》realized that if we are eager to eliminate the“ disorder” in this generation, we cannot merely adjust our conduct of “governing”, but trace back to the problem ,that is, the interpretation of “knowing”, and then we can eliminate it. In conclusion, yearning for realizing《Zhuangzi》’s imagination toward “order”, we need both “knowing” and “governing”to set it up. Certainly, the combination of “knowing”and “governing” must rely on the expression of “human beings”. So, while we discuss the conception of “knowing” and “governing”, we cannot neglect the part of “human beings”. This passage intends to begin with various levels of “knowing” and “governing”, and analyzes the conception toward “order” by《Zhuangzi》. It also explains《Zhuangzi》’s expectation of “human beings”, expecting to restore the “order” by completed “human beings”, and then form the “order” belonging to ”Dao” （「道」）once again.
Subjects
《Zhuangzi》
knowing
governing
order
human beings
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