Zhuangzi's "Easy Travel" And Its Interpretation Path Research

What does Chuang-tzu's “Random” mean? In the face of this age-old problem,later scholars give countless explanations.In the zhuangxue history,the earlier explanation about “Random” was given by Guo Xiang in the West Jin Dynasty.On the specific content,what Guo Xiang understand of “Random” is giving full play to personal talent under the premise of respecting individual differences and achieving social harmony in the end.Because of far from pursuit of primordial simplicity of Chuang-tzu's,the interpretation of Guo Xiang is actually a theoretical innovation.The Eastern Jin Dynasty Dowling also gave another kind explanation of “Random”.However,the interpretation of “Random”of Dowling is just a kind of spiritual liberation and what he said has nothing to do with the pursuit of Chuang-tzu.After a long period of Song Dynasty,Neo Confucianism became the mainstream of ideology and culture.Some scholars,including Lin Xiyi,Lu Xixing,regard Chuang-tzu's “Random” as “Kong Yan le”of the Neo Confucianism and their explanation is just a simple analogy.In the contemporary research,there are various academic views on the interpretation of Chuang-tzu's“Random”.Among the contemporary explanations,the most influential is the theory of “spiritual freedom”.Since the explanation of “Spirit of freedom” insist subject of “Random” is personal spirit,such an explanation is just the continuation of Dowling's.In recent years,Mr.Xie Yangju and Mr.Kang Zhongqian put forward a new point of view.they both believe that “Random” is an original way of life.Based on view of Mr.Xie Yangju and Mr.Kang Zhongqian,the paper recombs several representative interpretations of “Random”in the history.Because of different historical background,concept of value and method of research,people always hold different views and comments on the Random.In order to outline the many-sided spread of this life spirit,five typical cases are analyzed here.Guoxiang divides t the Random into two kinds: the restricted and the unrestricted.His annotation of the idea of the Random mixes the thoughts of Chuang-tzu,Confucianism and Huanglao Taoism.As a famous monk,Zhidun's interpretation manifests distinct religious inclination.But at the same time,it has certain feature of Xuanxue.Therefore,he changes Chuang-tzu's philosophy of life into a kind of Confucian idea,which indicates that he will never forget his duty to benefit the people and the whole world.In modern times,as the age-old spirit of life,the Random still influences the intellectuals and their thoughts,by being criticized and being linked with liberty.