Zhuangzi(Chuang-tzu).pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) And the School of the Dao Zhuangzi (368-289) Historical background The Book of Zhuangzi Historical background Chinese eremiticism Southern shamanism /watch?v=TxgGWsjyjEI The Book of Zhuangzi Ch. 1 – 7 (the “inner chapters”): can be dated to the 4th century BCE Ch. 8 – 11: essays by an individual who was strongly influenced by the Laozi, a “Primitivist” from the “School of the Tillers,” can be dated to around 200 BCE Ch. 12-16, 33: independent essays by Han scholars called “Syncretists” Ch. 17-22: writings of later followers of Zhuangzi, early Han Ch. 23-27, 32: fragments, some dating to the “inner chapters” Ch. 28-31: materials from the “Individualists” school of Yang Zhu, around 200 BCE based on A.C. Graham The Seven Inner Chapters 1. Xiao yao you Free and Easy Wandering 2. Qi wu lun The Sorting which Evens Things Out 3. Yang sheng zhu What Matters in the Nurture of Life 4. Ren jian shi The World of Human Affairs 5. De chong fu Signs of the Fullness of Power 6. Da zong shi The Teacher who is the Ultimate Ancestor 7. Ying di wang Responding to Emperors and Kings Major Themes of the Zhuangzi Book Style of the book Uselessness Transmutability The Perfect One 1. Style of the Book of Zhuangzi mythic consciousness imagistic language to disengage logical, conceptual functions of the mind intuitive, aesthetic thinking anti-literalism, suspension of critical thinking A Statement (Ch. 2) ? Now I am going to make a statement here. I dont know whether it fits into the category of other peoples statements or not. But whether it fits into their category or whether it doesnt, it obviously fits into some category. So in that respect it is no different from their statements. However, let me try making my statement: ? There is a beginning. There is a not yet beginning to be a beginning. There is a not yet beginning to be a not yet beginning to be a beginning.