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Introduction:

Zhuangzi is a broad and heavy, bizarre and witty masterpiece of thought, a strange book about the philosophy of life, a great work that combines profound philosophical ideas and wonderful literary artistic conception, it has had a profound impact on philosophy, literature and art in later generations, and is a collection of works of the Zhuangzi school and an important classic book of Taoism. The book includes three parts: the inner chapter, the outer chapter, and the miscellaneous chapters, and includes and explains the classic famous articles such as Getaway, Qi Theory of Things, Thumb, Horseshoe, Gengsang Chu, and Xu Wugui.

The collection of writings of the Zhuangzi School, the important classics of Taoism, a broad and thick, strange and witty masterpiece of thought, a strange book on the philosophy of life, and a great work that combines profound philosophical ideas with wonderful literary artistic conceptions, have had a profound impact on philosophy, literature and art in later generations.

For Zhuangzi, we should praise not only his profound philosophical thoughts, but also his outstanding literary skills. The book "Zhuangzi" uses the unusual mode of "three words", that is, allegory, tautology, and alarmist, to express the theme in a sometimes obscure, sometimes tactful, sometimes explicit, and sometimes exaggerated way. The language of "Zhuangzi" can be described as fine, and the color is beautiful, and even the great writer Su Dongpo worships it, he once said:

Only by familiarizing yourself with "Zhuangzi", "Mencius" and "Historical Records" can you make a great article in the world. It can be seen that the book "Zhuangzi" not only occupies an important position in the history of ancient Chinese philosophy, but also in the history of literature.

Zhuangzi is a great figure in the history of Chinese culture. He was both a philosopher and a man of letters. His writings "Zhuangzi".It is an extremely important work that embodies the Taoist doctrine after "Lao Tzu".

The influence of Zhuangzi on later generations is profound and complex, whether it is language or literature, whether it is religion or philosophy, this book has its own unique value.

Zhuangzi (c. 369 BC – 286 BC), Han Chinese. The name Zhou, the word Zixiu (a said Zimu), later generations called "Nanhua Zhenren", Song Guomeng (now Mengcheng County, Anhui Province, also said to be in the Northeast Minquan County, Shangqiu County, Henan Province) during the Warring States Period. A famous thinker, philosopher, and writer, he is a representative of the Taoist school, the successor and developer of Laozi's philosophical thought, and the founder of the pre-Qin Zhuangzi school.

His doctrine covered all aspects of social life at that time, but the fundamental spirit was still attributed to the philosophy of Lao Tzu. Later generations called him and Lao Tzu "Lao Zhuang", and their philosophy was "Lao Zhuang Philosophy".

His thought contains elements of naïve dialectics, the main idea is "the way of heaven and the way of non-action", that everything is changing, he believes that the "Tao" is "born from nature", from the "Tao has not yet been sealed" (that is, the "Tao" is without boundaries), belongs to the subjective idealism system. Advocate "inaction" and give up all reckless acts. He also believes that everything is relative, so he denies knowledge, denies the essential difference between all things, vigorously denies reality, and fantasizes about a subjective spiritual realm in which "heaven and earth are born together with me, and all things are one with me".

Politically, he advocates "rule by inaction", opposes all social systems, and abandons all cultural knowledge.

Zhuangzi's essays are highly imaginative, varied, romantic, and use the form of fables, full of humor and irony, which have a great influence on the literary language of later generations. Zhuang Zhou and his disciples and later scholars wrote the Zhuangzi (regarded as the Nanhua Sutra by Taoism), one of the Taoist classics. The Han Shuyi Wenzhi recorded 52 articles of the Zhuangzi, but only 33 remained.

Among them, there are seven inner chapters, which are generally designated as Zhuangzi's works; The outer miscellaneous works may be mixed with the works of his disciples and later Taoists.

Zhuangzi has high research value in philosophy and literature. Famous articles include "Leisurely Travel", "Theory of Things", "Health Master", etc., and the "Ding Ding Jie Niu" in "Health Master" is especially recited by later generations.

Zhuangzi, the name Zhou, the word Xiu. The Taoist patriarch, known as Nanhua Zhenren, is one of the four real people of Taoism. Zhuangzi was about the same time as King Hui of Liang, King Xuan of Qi, Mencius, and Huizi, and died at the age of 83.

One of the main founders of Taoist doctrine. A famous philosopher, thinker, and writer of the Warring States period. Zhuangzi's ancestors were nobles of the Chu State, and later moved to the Song State due to the turmoil in the Chu State.

Zhuangzi became acquainted with his fellow countryman Huizi in the Song Kingdom. Zhuangzi only worked as a local lacquer gardener, and almost retired for the rest of his life. Because he advocates freedom, he should not be hired by the king of Chu Wei of the same sect.

Zhuangzi and Lao Tzu, the ancestor of Taoism, are called "Lao Zhuang", and their philosophical thought system is respected as "Lao Zhuang Philosophy" by the academic circles, and the representative work is "Zhuangzi". Zhuangzi's life period is generally considered to be 369-286 BC.

When Zhuangzi died, the Song kingdom was destroyed. In "Zhuangzi", there is "the old country and the old capital, and the hope is smooth", and it is obvious that it was called "the old country and the old capital" after the death of the Song Dynasty. Zhuangzi advocates "the unity of heaven and man" and "quiet and non-action".

His doctrines covered all aspects of social life at the time, but the spirit was converted to the philosophy of Lao Tzu. Zhuangzi used to be a lacquer gardener, and lived in poverty.

However, he despised glory, wealth, power, fame and fortune, and tried to maintain an independent personality in troubled times, pursuing free and free spiritual freedom. For Zhuangzi's important contribution to the history of Chinese literature and thought, the feudal emperor paid special attention to it, and in the twenty-fifth year of the Tang Dynasty, Zhuangzi was edicted as "Nanhua Zhenren", and later generations called it "Nanhua Zhenren", and was regarded as the founder of Taoism Yinzong Miaozhen Dao.

It is regarded as the incarnation of Taiyi's salvation of suffering. The book "Zhuangzi" is also known as the "Nanhua Zhenjing". His essays have a strong romantic flavor and have had a profound influence on later literature.

The answer upstairs will not be repeated. Mr. Nan Huaijin's "Zhuangzi's Rumors", Yu Dan's "Zhuangzi's Experience", and Han Linhe's "Empty Self to Travel the World: A Philosophical Study of Zhuangzi". I especially recommend Mr. Nan Huaijin's "Zhuangzi Rumors", which is very thorough and easy to understand.

Some of the chapters in the "Zhuangzi" are mainly internal chapters.

There are countless books on Zhuangzi, some of which are popular and some are about academic research, so it is unrealistic to list them all.

I recommend "Zhuangzi Philosophy", "Asking Zhuangzi when Life is Confused", "Zhuangzi Galloping", "Zhuangzi Fugue", etc., which are not difficult to read and add some of the author's views, which are also relatively inspiring!

Introduction: The book of "Zhuangzi" is divided into internal, external and miscellaneous articles, the original 52 articles, which were gradually circulated, mixed and supplemented by the middle and late Warring States periods, and roughly formed in the Western Han Dynasty, but the version that was circulated at that time has been lost. At present, the 33 articles have been sorted out by Guo Xiang, and the chapters are also different from those of the Han Dynasty.

Features: Zhuangzi's articles, imaginary fantasy, ingenious conception, colorful ideological world and literary artistic conception, the writing is unbridled, with a romantic artistic style, magnificent and treacherous, and the meaning is out of the dust, which is a model work of the articles of the pre-Qin Zhuzi.