The Research Of Taoist’s Thought Of Valuing Individual Life In The Pre-Qin Dynasty

Taoist school pays more attention to people itself than other schools. The taoismthinkers in Pre Qin think highly of themselves from the point of view of for me.LaoTse puts forward the thought of Your Body in tao te ching. It reflects attention onindividual value, and essential connotation on self-love, keeping fit and and healthpreserving. Yang Zhu definitely presents the concept of valuing yourself, whichinherits LaoTse and gives reference to Chuang Tzu, and develops the individualthoughts to peak of Pre Qin’s philosophy. And Chuang Tzu founds the importance ofspirit and freedom from individual self.China’s individual ideology is less prosperous than Western, but the pre-QinDaoist’s valuing yourself concept one is also with great characteristic and cause us tothink deeply. First of all, the pre-Qin Daoists develop a valued individual theory basedon law of nature. Lao Tse emphasizes the one itself. It’s with obvious self-awarenessand self-thoughts in The Tao Te Ching and relatively complete individualism thoughtsystem. Yang Zhu says all of fidelity and not tired by things. He thinks the essence ofkeeping instinct given by nature is following your needs, letting it be, feelings sixdesires to the appropriate and most being suitable. And Chuang Tzu pay moreattension on pursuing personal spirit. Real free and unfettered is the seeking forpersonal self. Starting from saving his life, then through "You Xin","Zuo Wang" torealize the physical condition like form such as wood, heart such as dead ash, finallyrealizing absolute freedom on spirit.The pre-Qin Daoist makes a deep and bright think about death. They’re calm atdeath, not hating it. Being critical to that society, they’re philosophical to death. Beingrational to death, they’re careful to end. Because of this, the pre-Qin Daoist’s takinglife first survival value advocates health promotion. This makes their healthpromotion opinion exceeds general one like treating and seeking life extension andthen rises to the life philosophy. Through the way of being enough, being true, beingmodest and so on to achieve the situation of following nature and dominating material.And making you not excessively cherish and harm your life. The pre-Qin Daoistthinks personal life is adnate with universe and will not be end. The dead one ispersonal body. The eternal one is the group and spirit. Living is natural, a format ofatmospheric being gathered. Death is also natural, a format of atmospheric being spread out, not over. So living and death is not only natural, but also being flush anddetached.Valuing yourself concept is an important part and also a core of Taoism. Afterpre-Qin, it begins to transform to some new thought or fuse with others, becoming theorigin or significant component of another kind of thought. And at the present times, itguides well modern people to leave the unhealthy life status of not facing up to lifeand heart dried-up. And it also enlightens human use self-life to correspond to naturallife in universe. Joining in life’s flood current, rebirthing during continuous creation inlife, and realizing living’s signification, let modern people go back to actual existence,and rebuild the heart home.