On the View of the Self in the Zhuangzi, through an Analysis of "Wu Sang Wo"
Abstract
This article aims to The "I Lose Myself," as the center, to explore the "Zhuangzi" self-concept. This paper analyzes the proposition I Lose Myself, in order to clarify the I, I and the ideal personality / relationship between people, said: "Zhuangzi" I and my so-called, refers to two points is not subject to the other or self, but two kind of level of self; so this two-self, I can not be called true and false me. Its subject is also divided into two so that's my funeral I did not lose me with the I; as opposed to "Zhuangzi" person view, were the crowd and the ideal personality. Further the officer, the two self-concept is the "Zhuangzi" "Road - objects" corresponding structure of metaphysics; Accordingly, the "Zhuangzi" itself can not be relativist. As a result, we can see the "Zhuangzi" the reflection of the self-centered, even in the Road on the feature of which is to fully grasp the Road and the distance between the official language. In short, this article attempts to construct propositions accordingly, "Zhuangzi" self-concept of the system, as we understand the ideal personality theory and its metaphysical approaches one. The purpose of this paper is to construct a systematic view of the self in the Zhuangzi by the statement of wu sang wo which appears in "Qi Wu Lun." By doing so, we can better understand the ideal Zhuangzian personae and the metaphysics of the Zhuangzi. An analysis of the statement of wu sang wo is my first step which leads to the following points: wu and wo are two levels of self rather than so called "true self" and "false self." Wu refers to a subject while wo refers to a property of a subject; There are two kinds of subjects: one is the subject lacking a limitative self , of which ideal personae such as the zhenren or shenren are. The other is the subject which lives in the limitative self and common people are best understood in this light. Having gone into the details of the limitative self and the holistic self in the Zhuangzi, I connect this view of the self with a dao-wu structure of metaphysics in the Zhuangzi, showing its reflection of egoism and its contribution to the theory of dao