Interpretation And Reconstruction: Xuanying "zhuangzi Sparse" Philosophical Implication

Cheng Xuan-ying,a renowned Taoist scholar in the early Tang dynasty,achieved fame for his paraphrases to Lao Zhuang's thinkings which proved important in the history of both Taoism and Lao Zhuang's thinkings.However,a systematic study to his thinkings is not fully done yet.This article,outlined on the basic conceptions in Cheng Xuan-ying' article Preface To The Interpretations Of Zhuang Zi,centered on his Paraphrases To Zhuang's "Inherence",and guided by his train of thoughts in the study of Zhuang's thinkings,is to reveal Fang's understandings to Lao Zhuang's thinkings and his philosophical implications.Cheng Xuan-ying's work took The Annotation of Zhuang of Guo Xiang as the main ideas and also widely absorbed other thought resources.However,he did not simply explain the meaning of words and sentences,but consciously constructed a new thinking system.This kind of conscious was embodied Cheng Xuan-ying thought the book of Zhuang Zi has a clear and definite gist.and has a complete structure.Besides,he used a lot of technical terms and thinking of Taoist school,Taoism, metaphysics of Wei and Jin period and Buddhism.Cheng Xuan-ying thought that the three different volumes in Zhuang Zi was a complete and meaningful whole,especially the seven essays in the INHERENCE,which reflected his thoughts on Zhuang's thinkings.After a careful study on Cheng Xuan-ying's Paraphrases To Zhuang's"Inherence",it is clear that the essence of his study is based on the connotation—peripateticism.He thought that the state of human life consisted of layers of forward-movingstages,and the two footstones which contributed to the landing of the highest state were the transformation of wisdom and moral perfection.A man can be "Be rich in inner morality" only through the bi-transformation in wisdom,that is,the principle part of the psychic should transform from presumptuousness of classifying true and false to daozhi of self-knowledge,the subject the psychic chase after transform from outer matter to inner self—the real state of life,and eventually transcend the physical mortality towards the final peaceful mind.This state of psychic possesses many benefits,and a perfect stage of life can be attained,too.Philosophically,Cheng's principle aims are based on four concepts:moral,bi-dimensional transformation of inner life,inaction and the favor of naturalness,and separateness.Each has its own independent conception and reflects different philosophical implications.And they share certain similarities and express Chuang Xuanying's principle aims.Cheng Xuan-ying's philosophy shows deeply his concern about the ideal state of human's life and society and it is the heart of his thought.Besides this,his philosophy takes Tao as the noumenon and the final explanation for the things,and takes the subject of the mind and human nature as link up the Heaven and the Human.The theories about ideal state,Tao,the mind and human nature, self-cultivation and the Sage adequately embody the systematic and the varied of Cheng Xuan-ying's philosophy.