Zhuangzi Philosophy Of Mind

Mind Philosophy is a branch of philosophy, which takes the following ones as research subjects, such as the psychological form and essence, as well as the relationships of mind and body. Chinese philosophy has obvious characteristics of the philosophy of mind. Because it doesn’t set the sights on the world, which means it doesn’t focus on ontology and epistemology. However, it pays more attention on solving the problem of the human mind.Chinese philosophy generally believes that the mind is the master of everything, which is a comprehensive and absolute subject. Therefore, Chinese philosopher gives it a special spiritual significance and status. Throughout ancient Chinese philosophers, Mencius’ s theory "All things are to me", or Zhu Xi’s "Heart unlimited" or Wang Yangming’s "Heart unreasonable" and "Nothing outside", all of which have shown that the main significance of the soul. On psychosomatic relations, unlike Western philosophy that applies the rational approaches to explain, Chinese philosophy highlights the spiritual perfection and absolute integrity in order to uplift the main spirit. To be exact, in the Chinese philosophy of mind, the "heart" is a dynamic process of self-realization. This process is a course filled with self-reflection, self-discipline and self-realization.Ancient Chinese philosophy has a "self-cultivation" function, which exactly proved the significance of the philosophy of mind. From the micro level, the plight of people in the society constraints their freedom; from the macro level, the limit of time and space is another factor. As a member in the society, what the philosophy of mind concerned is about how to realize our value, how to live in a reasonable environment and how to constitute happiness. Faced the established human living environment, philosophy of mind explore different ways to enhance their quality of life and to achieve ideal personality, which is important for individuals to resolve the plight of survival and reach the realm of personal spiritual freedom. Based on this, the paper makes Chuang Tzu as the object to discuss the wisdom in philosophy of mind.This paper is divided into three parts:Part I: From the origins and development of the main philosophy of mind, it introduces the definition about philosophy of mind. Because the philosophy of mind rooted in the West, we compare with the West philosophy to highlight the characteristics of Chinese philosophy of mind.Meanwhile, we analyze its history and cultural background in order to help us to understand why the issue of Chuang Tzu Mind philosophy produced.Part II: Discuss the main content of Mind philosophy. Chuang Tzu philosophy of mind is the keynote of Chuang Tzu philosophical theories. It proposes to resolve the spiritual wisdom and restraint methods and then analyzes the soul block of Chuang Tzu from the outside social order to the spiritual world. Finally, it elucidated the issues on Chuang Tzu beyond the realm of mind.Part III: It mainly make an objective evaluation on Chuang Tzu philosophy of mind. We affirm the contribution of Chuang Tzu philosophy of mind, but cannot be defined its history limitations and theoretical limitations. Chuang Tzu’s philosophy of mind exists some limitations. In the perspective of contemporary philosophy of mind, we revisit Chuang Tzu to develop its reference value in modern. Besides, we should fully understand the limitations of Mind philosophy.