The Equality Concept On The Ideological Background Of "Equality Of All Beings"

In ancient China, the traditional equality has been always at a loss of state. Although Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism have factors of equality, Chuang Tzu has unique and profound insights on this issue, and there are rich resources in The Adjustment of Controversies .Closely related to the background of the times, Chuang Tzu writes The Adjustment of Controversies to resolve the disputes between each school. Like "everyone is equal before God," Chuang Tzu thinks" Equality of All Beings": 1, his understanding about the relationship between all equal things is built on the "Tao"; 2, dialectical logic way of thinking as " between right and wrong " makes all things equality. Then, we can launch on the concept of equality of Chuang Tzu's arguments." Equality of All Beings" does not mean ignore the differences between things, which promotes the differences instead. There are three famous parables. Chuang Tzu thinks that natural and reasonable differences, and differences of personality is the core of his equality concept, which also happens to coincide with modern Western ideas of equality.Chuang Tzu's idea of equality lies in the open-minded and tolerant vitality of life, including the compassion and love for the world and the ability to appreciate the value besides material. Thus, he believes that the root of inequality lying in people's minds ,which makes people prejudice and jealousy.Chuang Tzu's concept of equality has a tremendous impact on the history. The "real person" described in his work is considered as the resource of the image of the Taoist immortal. However, Zhang Taiyan is the first person reading The Adjustment of Controversies in the modern sense. Chuang Tzu's idea of equality on differences has the potential to contain the individual pursuit of the meaning of freedom and equality.In a word, the old equality ideology of " Equality of All Beings ", can still become the resources of modern concept of equality and freedom .