The Zhuangzi Health Thought To

Zhuang-zi is a wonderful book in mankind's cultural history. There are many research works concerning it. Research about its philosophy of life is academic research hot spot. The works and papers will continue to emerge. However, I found that the thought of keeping in good health as an important component and embodiment of philosophy of life did not receive sufficient attention. The majority of works do not value it. Minority of them which elaborates Zhuangzi keeping in good health thought is also in one side or superficial lacking systematicness. Because of it author make so bold to step in this thesis and attempts to systemic comb and further study the thought of Zhuang-zi's keeping in good health on the basis of achievement of the predecessors. The author attempts the more thorough understanding of philosophy of life through moderate interpretation and explanation of Zhuang-zi from this specific angle of view and provides some beneficial enlightenment for the modern people.The full text divides four chapters, altogether 50,000characters:First chapter elaborates the foundation which the Zhuangzi's thought keeping in good health produced. From four aspects: the social present situation and cultural background, Zhuangzi's philosophy pondering on life origin and evolution, Zhuangzi's localization of the life significance and value. The article researchs why Zhuangzi's keeping in good health thought produced and took on the unique appearance.The second chapter analyzes the fundamental content of Zhuangzi's thought keeping in good health. First the article explains the connotations of the body, the mind, the natural as well as their mutual relations and their status in keeping in good health, then elaborates separately the ways and the means which maintaining the body, maintaining mental tranquility, maintaining the natural disposition. The article tries to explain the Zhuangzi's unique merit on keeping in good health: the goal of maintaining the body is to Preserve life and to maintain the natural disposition; the method to maintain body is maintaining mental tranquility. The key of maintaining the natural disposition lies in "defending", eliminating external environment fetters, defending the heart of the nature, then the nature which is inborn self-sufficiency can be preserved. The key of maintaining mental tranquility lies in "vacating", "quietening" which relying on "forgetting", "eliminating" and "neglecting" realizes to surmounting reality and achieves the spiritual ramble. The principle runs through it all is allowing nature to take its course, then returning and maintaining inborn and original condition. Then the mind obtains the freedom and the liberation naturally and achieves the biggest freedom.The third chapter: Aesthetic implication in Zhuang-zi's keeping in good health thought. Zhuangzi's keeping in good health thought is different and superior to others. The process of Zhuang-zi keeping in good health is also aesthetic. The principle of Zhuang-zi keeping in good health thought implies that nature is aesthetic standard. "vacating" and "quietening", the method of maintaining mental tranquility, agree with in aesthetic characteristic, including the way of thinking , the mood of forgetfulness and the characteristic of surmounting rationality, surmounting politics, surmounting utility. Zhuangzi's free realm is full of free imagination and aesthetic experience and aesthetic joyful surmounting reality.The forth chapter summarizes the enlightenment of Zhuang-zi keeping in good health thought to the realistic life. From the physiological health to the psychologically healthy, to promote the life realm, Zhuang-zi's ultimate concern to the man kind and the life will still give the modern people the warm enlightenment.