Research On Zhuangzi's Relationship Of Form And Spirit In A Broad Sense Of Life

The philosophy of Zhuangzi is essentially a "knowledge" of life.Life is made up of the form and the spirit.In the history of Chinese philosophy,there have been many debates on the relationship between the form and the spirit,some were discussing the structure,some were discussing what is the first nature,but Zhuangzi's attention is not in this,in Zhuangzi's philosophy of life system,the form and the spirit is not just as a structure of life,it will be the relationship between spirit and nature,life and death,human living environment and living conditions,he cares about the overall life and survival,and seeks for beyond what the spirit to the various of "form",until reach the real free and unfettered.This article will interpret Zhuangzi 's view of form and spirit from the broad sense of life.The so-called broad sense of life is the unified of ecological problems,social problems and mentality problems.In the broad sense of life,Zhuangzi "form" is divided into the natural "form" which is the bondage of life and death;the social "form" which is the bandage of the Time and destiny;the personal“form”which is the bandage of emotion and desire.The ultimate end of the philosophy of Zhuangzi is the transcendence and freedom of individual life.The spirit will transcend the bondage of the “form”,and obtain spiritual liberation and freedom.The rapid development of today's society,the survival of the fittest,placed people in the utilitarian environment,the value of modern people,confused impetuous mind and quick success of the mentality make the ecological dilemma,social contradictions,mentality confusion more and more intensified,but Zhuangzi's view of the form and spirit let people to find a way to deal with the relationship between human being and nature,human being and society,people and himself,people can rule out the interference of the outside world,return to their inner world,and to experience the meaning of ecology,survival,living and life.