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Chen Guying, one of the leading scholars on Daoism in contemporary China, provides in his book The Philosophy of Life, A New Reading of the Zhuangzi a detailed analysis and a unique interpretation of Zhuangzi's Inner, Outer and Miscellaneous chapters. Unlike many other Chinese scholars Chen does not focus on a philological, but on a philosophical reading of the Zhuangzi highlighting the main topics of self-cultivation, aesthetics, and epistemology. Chen's perspectives on the Zhuangzi range from the historical background of the Warring States Period to his own personal (political) experience. Since Chen is also a specialist on Nietzsche, he elaborates Zhuangzi's philosophy of life and the idea of regulating one's heart by drawing a parallel to Nietzsche's perspectivism.
Contents
Series Editors' Foreword ixFIRST PART ZHUANGZI NEIPIAN QUANSHIAnnotations to the Inner Chapters of ZhuangziPreface 3I Xiaoyaoyou-Free and Easy Wandering: Opening the Heart and the Reconsideration of Values 5II Qiwulun-The Equality of Things: Making the Spirit Equal and Getting Rid of Self-Centered Patterns 16III Yangshengzhu-What Matters in Nurturing Life: Expounding the Life of the Spirit 36IV Renjianshi-Worldly Business among Men: The Tragic Mentality of the Intellectuals and Their Isolated Knowledge 40V Dechongfu-The Signs of the Fullness of Power: The Aesthetic Mind of the Ideal Person and the Cosmic Spirit 50VI Da Zongshi-"The Teacher Who is the Ultimate Ancestor": The State of "Heaven and Man Form a Unity" and the Concept of "Life and Death are the Same" 56VII Yingdiwang-Responds to Emperors and Kings: Anarchism 70SECOND PART WAI WUExplanation of the Outer ChaptersIntroduction 81I Pianmu-Webbed Toes: Giving Free Reign to Emotions and Following One's Natural Disposition 84II Madi-Horses' Hooves: Looking For a World of Complete Virtue 88III Quqie-Cutting Open Satchels: If You Steal a Country, You Are a Lord 91IV Zaiyou-Letting Be and Exercising Forbearance: Setting One's Mind at Ease and Following One's Nature 95V Tiandi-Heaven and Earth: Purposelessness Found the Dark Pearl 101VI Tiandao-The Way of Heaven: The Meaning Outside the Words 110VII Tianyun-The Rotations of Heaven: Ceremonies and Moral Standards Adapt to the Times 115VIII Keyi-Ingrained Ideas: The Spirit Spreads into the Four Directions 121IX Shanxing-Cultivating One's Inner Nature: The Simultaneous Nourishment of Knowledge and Serenity 124X Qiushui-Autumn Floods: A Dialogue Between Rivers and the Sea 127 XI Zhile-Perfect Enjoyment: Marquis of Lu is Nourishing a Bird 141XII Dasheng-Full Understanding of Life: The Mental State of Arts 148XIII Shanmu-The Tree on the Mountain: Observing Time and Pursuing Harmony 159XIV Tian Zifang-Perfect Beauty and Perfect Happiness 166XV Zhi Bei You-The Dao Does Not Leave the Things 173Third PART ZHUANGZI ZAPIAN Profound Explanation of the Miscellaneous ChaptersPreface 185I Geng Sangchu-The Innate Nature is the Substance of Life 187II Xu Wugui-A Person Banished to Exile Remembers His Parents 189III Zeyang-The Ten Thousand Things Differ In Principle, but the Dao Shows No Partiality Among Them 193IV Wai Wu-Outer Things: Get the Idea and Forget the Words 199V Yuyan-Metaphorical Language: The Implications of the Three Words 203VI Rang Wang-Abdicating the Throne: The Truth of the Dao Lies in the Regulation of the Person 206VII Dao Zhi-Robber Zhi: "For the Sake of Gain They All Brought Confusion to the Truth within Them and Did Violence to Their True Form and Innate Nature" 209VIII Shuo Jian-Discoursing on Swords: The Feudal Lords Return to Their Former Obedience and How to Pacify the Neighbors on All Sides 211IX Yu Fu-The Old Fisherman: "By Truth I Mean Purity and Sincerity in Their Highest Degrees" 212X Lie Yukou-"Looking On What is Deemed Necessary as Unnecessary" 215XI Tianxia-The World: "Inwardly a Sage and Outwardly a King" 217Index 219
