A Brief Discussion On Laozi’s "Dao Fa Zi Ran" In The Past 40 Years

"Dao fa zi ran" is one of the core ideas of laozi’s philosophy,which represents the core value of laozi’s philosophy and which is also an important issue in the research boom of Laoxue in the past 40 years,at the same time,this article means to do a periodic combing by using double evidence method,comparative research method and interpretive method,which aims at systematically summarizing the main studies of the "Dao fa zi ran",clarifying new characteristics and new trend of the "Dao fa zi ran",and laying the foundation for the philosophy of Lao zi’s in-depth research in the future according to concise comments on Chinese and foreign scholars’ research achievements on the thought of "Dao fa zi ran" in the past four decades.This paper mainly summarizes and comments on the research achievements of "Dao fa zi ran" in the past40 years from the following aspects:The first chapter discusses the general characteristics of the study of "Dao fa zi ran".Firstly,to explain the study of "Dao fa zi ran" has become an important content in the study of laozi’s according to expound the important role of chapter 25 based on the Lao zi and the exploration of the "natural" or "naturalistic" in educational circles since1980 s,Therefore,it is of certain significance in the history of philosophy to sort out the research on the thought of "Dao fa zi ran" in the past 40 years.Secondly,through the discussion of the ontological dispute of "Dao fa zi ran" in western learning,the specific fields and methods of "Dao fa zi ran" researches,highlights the multi-level interpretation and modern value of "Dao fa zi ran" research in the recent 40 years.The second chapter,through the review of the double evidence method,comparative research method and interpretive method and so other main ways that are uesd to study on the "Dao fa zi ran" to expounds the new progress in the study of "Dao fa zi ran" in educational circles,to combine the advancement and existing problems of the research on "Dao fa zi ran" by using unearthed documents,to discuss the study of "Dao fa zi ran" from the perspective of the internal inheritance of Taoist thoughts and the different perspectives of China and the west,and to clarify the importance of hermeneutics in building a set of philosophical language system in line with Chinese philosophy and the direction of future efforts.The third chapter starts with "Dao fa zi ran",sorts out the academic understanding of "nature" from the scientific,religious and philosophical meanings of "nature",and tries to find an accurate way to understand "nature" : a new interpretation of "nature",which is to regard "nature" as unspeakable chaos like "tao" and mix them into an entirety.Secondly,to clarify the focus of debating through studies on the relationship between "nature","tao" and "wuwei" in the academic circles,and to know that the to restore the "tao" of nature by imitating the nature of all things,and to combine and comment on the ways to understand "fa" in educational circles by understading "fa"again,emphasizes the meaning of "law" to the sentence pattern of "Dao fa zi ran",and highlights the diversified understanding of "Dao fa zi ran".Finally,to comb the academic research on the natural inner relationship of Taoism,to know which one is the way to understand "Dao fa zi ran","ren fa ziran" or "wu fa ziran” ?The fourth chapter,this chapter means to reveal the modern value of thought of "Dao fa zi ran" through the explanation of the human spirit of "Dao fa zi ran" and the combination of pluralistic understanding of modern values.