Abstract

According to this study for the prototype of Taoism, in his opinion "on the tube • intention" of the "original by" some of the oldest Taoist literature. This article is from the "Zhuangzi" and "pipe" four comparative study in an attempt to permit into their theory. This article points out, "Chuang Tzu • Inner Chapters" of the of "Shinsaibashi Fables" and "Paodingjieniu fable", apparently inherited systems are different types of fables. The "Zhuangzi" book and "Shinsaibashi Fables" Fables and related include: a few of the fable. Among them, the "Great Master> of" Oblivion Fable, "" see independence fable ", and" The Fable> "big wonderful fable," and so on, showing the maturity of Taoism pole; with these fables are probably At the same time. As for the "Zhuangzi • Outer Chapters" of the, etc., is showing a decline of Taoism phenomenon; more is late. This shows that "tube" four of the doctrine of the transmission process through a very long time. In short, the "Chuang Tzu" The book is not only inherited from the "tube" four system of doctrine, by Yi Jie idea of the impact, and the development of this heritage as an important part of their thinking. Click here to examine the results, this paper for the "tube" system with intention, "Zhuangzi" articles inside and outside the presumption, when the following page summary table below. In search of the prototype of Taoist thought, this article aims to propose an observation that the argument on the "practice of mind" in the Hsin shu Ⅰ Chapter of the Kuang Tzu includes the oldest element of the Taoist philosophy. The author also tries to show that this element was incorporated into the thought of the Chuang Tzu. This study observes that the argument on the practice of mind in the Kuang Tzu has been incorporated into the parable on the "mental fast" in the Jen chien shi Chapter of the Chuang Tzu and the parable on the butcher Ting in the Yang sheng chu Chapter. The similar ideas are also found in other parables in the Chuang Tzu, eg., those in the Jen chien shi Chapter, the Ta tsung shi Chapter, the Yü yan Chapter. The arguments in the parable on "sitting and forgetting", and "solitariness" in the Ta tsung shi Chapter and the parable on "the Great wonderfulness" in Yü yan Chapter demonstrate the culmination of Taoist thought, and such a completeness of the thought leads us to assume that these parables have been taken into form at the almost same period as the Nei ye Chapter of the Kuang Tzu was composed. On the other hand, ideas found in the Tsai you Chapter, Tien tao Chapter, and Tian ti Chapter insinuate the "declination" of Taoist tenet, and this phenomenon implies that these parables are presumably composed latter than the Nei ye Chapter. These facts suggest that the ideas and arguments in the so-called the "Four chapters "of the Kuang Tzu went under long span of the evolutionary process of its thought. In sum, this study attempts to show the thought of the Chuang Tzu has been taken into form under the influence of the idea and argument in the Hsin shu Ⅰ Chapter as well as the Hsin shu Ⅱ Chapter. It is in such an influential relationship that we can find a clue to understand the developmental process of the pre-Qin Taoist theory. This article also provides a picture which illustrates aforementioned influential relationship of ideas and arguments between the Kuang Tzu and the Chuang Tzu.