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On Chuang-tzu's Life Dilemma And Aesthetic Breakthrough

Posted on:2020-04-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H R PuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330596480236Subject:Literature and art
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The aesthetic survival of the individual is the core of Chuang-tzu's aesthetics.Chuang-tzu's concern and transcendence of the dilemma of life is aesthetic.Chuang-tzu's aesthetics advocates the natural nature of human beings.Based on the specific historical context and his own experiences,he realizes the transcendence of layers in an experiential way,and finally pursues the freedom of individual spirit.The transcendence thought in Chuang-tzu's aesthetics starts from the real context and achieves the pure spiritual freedom and the individual true self through the "Feeling".Starting from Chuang-tzu's "Feeling" logic,he intercepts several important aspects of his life's predicament and finally points out the nature and influence of Chuang-tzu's aesthetic transcendence.This thesis is divided into five chapters.Starting from the background and living conditions of Chuang-tzu's life,he points out his understanding of the survival and death,fame and fortune,and the possibility of transcendence,and explores the connotation and essence of Chuang-tzu's dilemma of life and the modern value.The article is divided into five chapters and three parts.Starting from the background and living conditions of Chuang-tzu'slife,he points out his understanding of the life and death,fame and fortune,and the possibility of transcendence,and explores the connotation and essence of Chuang-tzu's dilemma of life and aesthetics and value.The first chapter is the first part.It takes the historical context of the middle period of the Warring States and Chuang-tzu's own living conditions as the starting point.Through the description of the social source of the dilemma of life,it points out the external necessity of the dilemma of life.Through Chuang-tzu's rich living situation and experience,he points out Chuang-tzu's inheritance of traditional Taoism and unique Chu culture genes,which makes Zhuangzi show the inherent necessity of aesthetic breakthrough.The second,third and fourth chapters are the second part,which comprehensively examines several elements of Chuang-tzu's life dilemma.The second chapter is the most basic life dilemma by examining "life and death" as the most instinctual desire of the most human beings.Contrasting with the Confucian view of life and death,pointing out the uniqueness of Chuang-tzu's pursuit of spiritual freedom.The third chapter examines the troubles of fame and fortune on life.By revealing the critique of Confucianism's actively enter the secular in Chuang-tzu,it points out that its essence is to pursue fame and fortune,thus to explore the harm of fame and fortune under traditional power rule.The fourth chapter examines the existence and right and wrong of the inner existence of the individual,and disassembles the meaning of right and wrong from the perspectives of language and meaning,signifier and pointing.Put forward the aesthetic significance of the specific methods such as "Inner emptiness","Forget yourself" and "JianDu","Forget about matter","forgetting life",to achieve the transcendence of the dilemma of life;the ultimate realization of freedom and freedom with "inaction",highlighting the aesthetics of Chuang-tzu's life dilemma beyond.The fifth chapter is the third part.Through the combing of the second part of the transcendence of specific life,it is pointed out that the characteristic of Chuang-tzu's aesthetic transcendence lies in the specific method and the ultimate goal,the dynamic balance of the "nonentity" and "energy of life" in the Inner emptiness" and "Forget yourself".At the same time,it highlights the influence of Chuang-tzu's aesthetic transcendence on Chinese culture.Taking Song and Ming dynasty Zhang Zai as an example,it points out the status and significance of Chuang-tzu's thought in the formation of Chinese traditional culture-psychological structure.
Keywords/Search Tags:"Chuang-tzu", survival and death, reputation and interest, right and wrong, aesthetic transcendence
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