A Preliminary Study Of Zhuangzi's Life And Death Viewpoint

If we affirm View of Life is a wise thinking about key problem of our life, then the problem of Life and Death is the kernel of it.By contemplate deeply on the problem Life and Death , we can obtain some genuine awake to life existence .Compare to others , the works of Zhuangzi's show the most abundant and the most recondite discussion about the problem Life and Death. By means of criticizing and assimilating the view's of Laozi's and other philosophy's,Zhuangzi established a Life and Death Philosophy which had systematic form and fantastic appearance.The highest category of this philosophy is Dao or Nature,and the content of this philosophy contains the viewpoint about ontology ,values and practice of Life and Death.As for the ontology of Life and Death ,zhuangzi first interpreted the source and essence of Life and Death in motion of "Dao" ; it is say that life to death or death to life all are the revolves of matter species which have same essences; go a step further ,he believed that the rotation of Life and Death was a regular process determined by fate. Then, as for the viewpoint about Values of Life and Death ,zhuangzi raised a criterion that was "follow the example of nature". What "follow the example of nature" means is holding a long life and a free and unfettered idea.. Of the total, zhuangzi thought that the aim of "hold a long life and a free andunfettered idea " was to mix together with nature ,so people could get their pure Value of Life.With utilize Life and Death value to daily life,zhuangzi put forward a series patterns, those were "peace and quiet your heart ", "sit down and oblivious of your body",and "get into the unique". We should admit that zhuangzi's those experiment which pure our human nature has important affect in our life,by which we can triumph over the worry about Life and Death and gain a healthy life accompany with natural state of mind.I want to have get a deep thinking of zhuangzi's Life and Death viewpoint and deliberate the complex meaning of zhuangzi's Life and Death viewpoint in my heart of hearts.In brief, this article consists of three chapters and a epilogue.The first chapter expounds the fountainhead of zhuangzi's Life and Death idea.The second chapter interprets zhuangzi's ontology viewpoint of Life and Death . This chapter gains such a creed that the fundamental category of zhuangzi's ontology viewpoint of Life and Death is "Dao".Go a step further ,the ontology meaning of zhuangzi's Life and Death viewpoint can be explained by some concepts such as " equality","fate", "matter rotation" or a ultimate summary : the change of nature. The third chapter discusses zhuangzi's viewpoint of the Value of Life and Death, as comparied with Confucianism, the third chapter point out that zhuangzi's viewpoint of the Value of Life and Death has get such a feature :hold out life-span by natural law,and overstep the worry about Life and Death,then achieve the entire freely life ,and accomplish the ultimate aim of the value of Life . Last, The epilogue of this article expound the modern enlightenment of the "follow nature" attitude of zhuangzi's Life and Death viewpoint.