Xiaoyaoyou: The Artistic Spirit of Chuang Tzu

Philosophy and Culture 33 (5):159-180 (2006)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Cover Zhuangzi a text, magnificent drop Xiao, magnificent momentum, as thirty-three opening of the first, is the inner spirit of the end point lies. Throughout the philosophy of Chuang-tzu hard to be digested and persistence of life, the dark narrow mind can be improved as a implies "great" in life Transformation. In this article, which is divided into five to carry out the artistic spirit of Zhuangzi. Section aims to Zhuangzi, Guo Xiang and Zhidun point of view to analyze concept and an aesthetic point of view of the way until their literary expression. Section II Road, opposite the pattern material to explore the big or small the accomplishment of the level of debate and work. Section III is the ideal personality: saints, God and perfect man's show. Road is on the body of the fourth quarter of people experience the realm of art. Section V for the unlimited freedom of the aesthetic life situations. In this, one by one through work with the state's open display, showing the beauty of Chuang Tzu's life experience and artistic modality. Therefore, Mr. Xu Fuguan the words: "old, the moment the village into thinking that life, real art to life; and the spirit of China's pure art, the actual line derived thus an ideological system." Xiaoyaoyou is the most important chapter in Chuang Tzu and its inner spirit is to liberate one's life from the pain, fame, and any restraint. When one transcends all the constraints, he can really ramble in the realm of the Infinite with bliss and freedom. In the essay, there are five sections to spread out the artistic spirit in Xiaoyaoyou. First, I discuss the concept of "Xiaoyao" with Chuang Tzu, Kuo Hsiang and Chih Tun; simultaneously, probe his literary expression in the aesthetic way. Second, through the "P'eng and little birds" fable, I reveal the importance of Practicism. Third, the main point is to display how people can achieve the ideal character. Fourth, the gist is to interpret the artistic spirit of the perfected person. Finally, I try to explore the meaning of infinite freedom. Through the five aspects, we can realize that the notion of Xiaoyao is the same as the trait of art, so Hsu Fu-Kuan said, "Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzus 'view of life is the artistic life, and Chinese art spirit actually derives from the thought. "

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,349

External links

  • This entry has no external links. Add one.
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-02-07

Downloads
0

6 months
0

Historical graph of downloads

Sorry, there are not enough data points to plot this chart.
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references