Researches On Yuan Hong-dao's “Guang Zhuang”

Of many interpretation on “Zhuang-zi” in the late Ming Dynasty, Yuan Hong-dao's “Guang Zhuang” is a distinctive work. In addition to the integration of Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist thinking, Guang Zhuang also presents a unique thinking system that makes it different from other works. What's more, the implication of academic thought in it also has an influence on the creation of Yuan Hong-dao's poetry and other literary works. But in recent years, the research achievements in the study of Zhuang-zi show that the study of Zhuang-zi in the late Ming Dynasty did not get due attention. And the study of Guang Zhuang is particularly scattered, there is no systematic arrangement and discussion at present. Therefore, this thesis choose Guang Zhuang as the object of study, based on the thorough interpretation of philosophical connotations, to show the overall features of its three-religion-included thinking, and reveal the indication of the change of thoughts of Yuan Hong-dao, so as to make a contribution to the research of Yuan Hong-dao and the study of Zhuang-zi in the late Ming Dynasty.The writing of Guang Zhuang has its inevitability, it is not only the product of the discussion on knowledge by Yuan Hong-dao and his friends, but also the assiduously longing for the theory of Life and Death by Yuan Hong-dao and his brothers. By interpreting Guang Zhuang, it can reveal the decline in the period of Wan-li, it can also break the stereotype of Yuan Hong-dao. We will get new understanding about the literati in the late Ming Dynasty, who has an superficial unrestrained leisure, but suffers inner anguish and contradiction. At the same time, as the study of Yuan Hong-dao is mainly concentrated in the field of literature, the research of his Buddhist thinking still remains to go deeper. So in this thesis, in addition to analyze the features of Guang Zhuang's three-religion-included thinking individually, it will also discuss the purport of the Buddhism ideas in many ways, so as to show Yuan Hong-dao's identity of Lay Buddhist. As the thoughts change of Yuan Hong-dao concentrated around the year 1598, namely the writing period of Guang Zhuang, so this thesis quotes many poetries which was written during this period as evide nces. This thesis also integrates various aspects of Yuan Hong-dao's creation to explore the development of his thought and mentality. Finally, for Guang Zhuang is a work to annotating Zhuang-zi, the interpretation of its philosophical connotations should compare with the analysis of the inner chapters of Zhuang-zi. Therefore, on one hand, this thesis discusses Zhuang-zi's profound influences on Guang Zhuang, including the Ideal Life, the Preservation of Life, “Inner cultivation” and “Exterior action”. On the other hand, Guang Zhuang also has distinct differences from Zhuang-zi, this thesis mainly discusses the following different topics: the View of the World, Attitude towards Life and the Concept of Life and Death. All in all, this paper tries to get the Samadhi of Guang Zhuang through repeated comparisons.