Titlebook: Dao Companion to the Philosophy of the Zhuangzi; Kim-chong Chong Book 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 Chinese and Comparative Phi

受辱

The , on , (命)The view of . 命 in the . is an important element among Warring States debates on the nature and activity of .. The meaning of this term encompasses a complex semantic field that includes fate, destiny, mandate and command (Raphals 2003). This topic is also part of a broader discourse on the problems of free will and what is distinctively human.

鸣叫

Introduction,mmentary, involves the question of authorship and other textual issues. Part II, Concepts, contains accounts and analyses of some central concepts in the text. Part III, Language and Metaphor, is concerned with the significance of the language and metaphorical styles of the text. Part IV, Zhuangzi i

abject

卷发

The Authorship of the ates and Han-dynasty histories, it is practically impossible to ascertain the identity of its author(s). Traditionally, as least since the fourth century, the . as most people knew it probably consisted of thirty-three chapters, which were divided into three clusters of seven Inner Chapters 內篇 (chap

Root494

The , 呂氏春秋 as Commentary on the e to a passage that would eventually become one of the most famous of all in an earlier assemblage of writings—those which would ultimately be included in the work collectively known as the .. After giving a brief accounting of the divergent points of emphasis held by each of the Chunqiu- and Zhangu

受人支配

The , and the Division Between Heaven and Human relationship between . 天 (heaven/nature/sky) and . 天 (human beings). This chapter examines the relationship between heaven and human in the .. If we consider the . as a whole to be a collection of writings by different people with related concerns and assumptions, then one of the main issues they d

explicit

The Multi-level Structure of “Transformation” and the Philosophy of “Transformation of Things” in th other related terms and proposes a four-fold categorization of the .’s theory of “transformation”: (1) the transformation of organisms, (2) the transformation between life and death and different organisms, (3) the transformation of perception, and (4) the transformation of all things imaginable. N

needle

nephritis

The True Person (, 眞人) and True Knowledge (, 眞知) in the created other “.” related concepts, such as “. . (true man)”, “. (true knowledge)”, etc. In the ., “.” has the meaning of absolute truthfulness, but it also contains rich semantic meanings such as naturalness, primitiveness, simplicity, sincerity, etc. It is the opposite of anything artificial, and

Glucocorticoids

Zhuangzi on No-Emotionvious interpretations of the emotionless state of the sage as an example of Chinese Stoicism or loss of self-agency, this chapter will demonstrate how following the sage’s example of “no-emotion” allows us to wander in all that is untouched by debates over the properness of individual feelings and e