Ann At Shun Adaptive Happy

As the orthodox exponent of Taoist school which is initiated by Lao Tzu, the great philosopher in the pre-Qin days, the philosophy of Zhuangzi takes Tao as its nucleus concept, and naturalism the basic spirit. The happiness viewpoint of Zhuangzi, one of the important contents of his philosophy of life possesses Nature-advocating quality especially. The gist of the thesis is to probe the intension of happiness to Zhuangzi'mind through achieving a better comprehension of Tao and a deeper dissection of the substance of wandering in absolute freedom in order to offer people some beneficial reference.In the introduction, the theoretical worth and practical aim of the thesis are generally expounded. In Chapter One , the author introduces the great effect of Chu Culture and Laozi's idea on Zhuangzi, at the same time, the author claims that Zhuangzi's personality as well as his living conditions also play an important role on the formation of the happiness viewpoint. In Chapter Two, the author systematically discusses the theory of the happiness viewpoint of Zhuangzi, and this chapter is the central part of this thesis. First, the author makes a comparison between the two different kinds of Tao of Laozi and Zhuangzi, and then inspects and explains the theory On the Uniformity of All Things. Secondly, the author analyzes the essence of happiness, the relation between happiness and wandering in absolute freedom, the meaning of the relative and absolute happiness, and indicates that in Zhuangzi's view, the perfect happiness is just the absolute happiness. Lastly, the author summarizes the several ways respectively leading to the two kinds of happiness. In Chapter Three, from the two angles of historic influence and realistic significance, the author inquires into the value of the happiness viewpoint of Zhuangzi. Chapter Four, i.e. the last chapter involves the inquiry into thinking limitations and practical predicament of Zhuangzi's viewpoint on happiness.