The Psychological Adjusting Function Of Zhuangzi Philosophy

The rapid pace, high pressure, as well as the competitiveness of the modern life brings us a deep conjunction in psychological aspect, which infers continuous feeling of frustration, oppression and pain. In Chinese history, the philosophy of self-cultivation and attitude adjustment has been proposed long before. Philosophy of Zhuangzi, one of the functional theories for the above consideration, is helpful for modern people to get rid of the difficult, as well as to relieve themselves. In this article, the function in psychological adjustment of Zhuangzi theory is discussed.This article can be divided into six parts, in category of different aspects of the psychological adjustment function. In the first three sections, the function of Zhaungzi theories,"Fate theory","death theory"and"uniformity theory", in relieving people's heart are discussed. The first section is about dealing with the"hardly possible problems"with the"Fate theory". In order to suppress people's mental pain comes from the conflict with the external relative inevitability, by the view of"while one is inevitable, it is fate". The second section is about the"death theory"and"impossible problems". Based on the comprehension of Zhuangzi on death, and combined with the effect of his death theory, the function of"death theory"of Zhuangzi is discussed in dealing with the fear of death, which comes from the deep conflict of people with the external real inevitability. As the external problems is almost resolved by the first two theory, discussed in the past two section, section three is aimed on dealing with people's internal problem, with the"uniformity theory". It is proposed to be helpful to suppress the pain come from the pursuing of peoples heart. The fourth section based on the methodology aspect, while the methods of Zhuangzi to relieve his mind are introduced, which are"fast one's mind"and"sit and forget"and are worthy for modern people to learn with. In the fifth section, the final state of the mental pursuing is introduced, named as"happy excursion theory". The theory of Zhuangzi in introduced as the following path:"What is happy?""Modern in not happy."and"What is the importance of happy?"During the introduction, it is helpful in enlightening people in pursuing the free of mind and serenity of heart. Finally, section six is proposed to discuss the modern meaning as well as the limitation of the psychological adjustment function of Zhuangzi theory, among which, it is compared with the"Spiritual Victory theory of Ah Q".In this article, the psychological adjusting function of Zhaungzi is analyzed systematically. During the analysis and combined with the condition of modern people, the theory of Zhuangzi is applied to deal with different kinds of mental pain come from the conflict of people with the inevitability. And the worth of Zhuangzi theory is discussed. Finally, the theory of Zhaungzi and"Ah Q"are discussed comparatively with their similarity and differences.