Chen Guying's Thought About Zhuangzi's Philosophy

Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy occupies an important position in the history of research and development of Zhuangzi's philosophy.According to Chen Guying's research on Zhuangzi's philosophy,Zhuangzi's thought about freedom,and the thought about the equality of things,and the thought about being adaptable to different circumstances are the three important components of Zhuangzi's philosophy.Chen Guying thinks that in Zhuangzi's view,people are insignificant in the universe,correspondingly,people's understanding about things is also narrow and limited.People will inevitably have cognitive narrowness and bias when they understand things.And this will lead to self-bigotry and self-centeredness,and also lead to spiritual restraint and non-freedom.Zhuangzi's philosophy seeks to awaken people's consciousness of transcending themselves,and thus break through various constraints and restrictions to achieve the open and free realm of the soul.Throughout Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy,we can know that Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy is a coherent system which has a clear main axis.Chen Guying thinks that the essence of Zhuangzi's peripateticism is free and open soul.If one's mind soars infinitely,he can gain a cosmic perspective,then he can gain the cosmic spirit from the cosmic perspective,and he ca become a citizen of the universe finally.According to Zhuangzi's thought about ‘the saint without his own',Chen Guying puts forward the thought about “cosmic citizen” and ‘cosmic spirit'.Chen Guying thinks that from understanding Zhuangzi's thought about the equality of things,we can know that “Dao is one”,then we can gain the the spirit of mutual respect and mutual tolerance,and strive to understand the Dao,and to achieve the realm of harmony between human and nature.According to Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy,the cosmic citizen not only has the spirit of ‘the saint without his own',but also has the spirit of mutual respect and mutual tolerance,therefore,in his mind,all is one.So he can be able to be adaptable to different circumstances,and to comprehend that ‘death is the same as life',and to surpass life and death.Chen Guying points out that this is Zhuangzi's thought about ‘death is the sameas life',and this is the highest realm of life.Chen Guying always believes that Zhuangzi's view of life and his whole philosophy are positive and optimistic.Affirming the positivity of Zhuangzi's philosophy is an important feature of Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy.Summarizing Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy,we can find that Chen Guying's thought about Zhuangzi's philosophy has the characteristics of broad vision,wide subject,and coherent thinking.In addition,it also has distinctive characteristics of reality,uniqueness and transcendence.