A Study Of Zhuangzi 's Thought Of Ecological Freedom

Zhuang Zi was an influential Chinese philosopher and great thinker who lived around the4th century BC during the early Qin dynasty. Continuing the Taoism idea of "Equality" and "Naturalness",he combines Taoist natural philosophy and liberal ideas and forms the ecological freedom study of "freethinking between human and the universe". In this article,I will build from the Taoist philosophy of "Naturalness" to inspect the theoretical background of Zhuang Zi’s idea of the time,then clarify and analysis "The Freedom of ecology"of ZhuangZi. He thinks that harmonious co-existence between human and nature are an organic whole;"Equality of All Beings";"Comply with nature";"The Freedom of ecology" of ZhuangZi Unified in nature,the human and all things in free,when the human beings pursue freedom,they should also let all the things free,emphasize that freedom should be a state of harmony between human and the universe. then clarify and analysis the specific content of "Naturalness"including the "Freedom of Thoughts"and "The Freedom of ecology". Then I clarified the implementation path of "Equality of All Beings,everything as the same";"Comply with nature,inaction for the benefit";"the perfect man has no thought of self;the spirit-like man, none of merit;the sagely-minded man, none of fame". In summary,I will emphasis the revelation of ecological freedom thought of the liberation of humankind,the development of science and technology and modern production and living. The writer thinks that as humans and the universe are both in the nature,both should be in accordance with the law of the unity of opposites. It finds that humankind within the universe should form a harmonious existence.