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The Philosophical Implication Of Chuang-tzu’s Abnormal Image

Posted on:2018-02-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y X YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515460724Subject:Chinese philosophy
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For thousand years,the philosophy of Chuang-tzu remains unfading.It becomes a legend for its world-caring thought and free and unfettered life.The philosophical idea behind his words has always been fascinating attraction for philosophers.His book is full of various wild ideas,as if even the animals and the plants in his book are revolutionary to traditional perceptions.In his ’In seven",especially in "Dechongfu",which depicts character images of ugly appearance and physical disabled,however with great morality.It argues that lives with great morality attracts others around with a kind of natural spiritual power.What special about the "ugly" character image that Chuang-tzu depicts in his book is that those who are so different from others happened to fit natural law.Those "ugly" character images also imply people who are so different from others.The ugly characters in the book generate great power resulted by ones morality and integrity.From traditional point of perception,those ugly people might be disgusting,but these "ugly" images happen to have some kind of pretty of nature: they tend to treat people and changes fairly.
Keywords/Search Tags:Chuang-tzu, abnormal, Dao, ugly
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