庄子_道家思想_英文ppt简介.ppt
Zhuangzi 莊子(Chuang-tzu),And the School of the Tao,Zhuangzi,Zhuangzi(莊子,莊is the surname,子 is the polite saying of a man)lived and taught around 350 BC.He was a Taoist philosopher who wrote a book which is also called Zhuangzi(book).,A story about Zhuangzi,The Zhuangzi tells a story about two ministers who ask Zhuangzi to serve as a court official.Zhuangzi replies with a story about a sacred turtle.He says,The kings men caught a sacred turtle.They killed it and put its shell in a special box to use to tell the future.Now would that turtle rather be honored in that box and dead,or would he rather be alive dragging his tail through the mud?,The Book of Zhuangzi(based on A.C.Graham),Ch.1 7(the“inner chapters”內篇):can be dated to the 4th century BCECh.8 10:essays by an individual who was strongly influenced by the LaoziCh.11-15,33:independent essays by Han scholars Ch.16-22:writings of later followers of Zhuangzi,early Han,The Seven Inner Chapters 內篇,1.Xiao yao you 逍遙遊 Free and Easy Wandering-soaring above conventional judgments&practical concerns2.Qi wu lun 齊物論 The Sorting which Evens Things Out-attacks on logic,analysis,distinction,naming3.Yang sheng zhu 養生主 What Matters in the Nurture of Life-the knack of living spontaneously4.Ren jian shi 人間世 The World of Human Affairs-the advantages of being useless5.De chong fu 德充符 Seals of Virtue Complete-independence from human affairs&indifference to hardship6.Da zong shi 大宗師 The Teacher who is the Ultimate Ancestor-reconciliation with death7.Ying di wang 應帝王 Responding to Emperors and Kings-rejection of government,profit,and self-aggrandizement,Major Themes of the Zhuangzi Book,The Relativity of Language and PerspectiveIntuition,Taoism,It emphasizes control but not dominance,fluidity but not ambivalence,and mystery but not confusion.Its full of helpful suggestion.”,Differences in principles and beliefs,Principles of Taoism Tao De,Wu wei.Principles of Confucianism Relationships,Loyalty,Humanity,The Gentleman and Rectification of Names.,Principles of Taoism,Tao:In English,Tao means road,pathway,channel or doctrine.But it is mainly believed to be the source of existence and non-existence.De(Te):It is an active expression of Tao.De is inculcating the habit or imbibing the Tao.Wu Wei:Wu wei literally means without action.It is the central concept in Taoism.It emphasizes that a human beings will must be in harmony with the universe.,Similarities,Both are two of Chinas oldest and most pervasive philosophies.They arose during roughly the same period called the Hundred Schools of Thought.Both philosophies seek order and harmony in ones life,relationship with society,and the universe.,The lesson of Zhuang Zis view of life,His articles were magnificent and unrestrained;His words were free and easy.He had seen through the fame and fortune eventhe life and death.,In Zhuang Zis words,the most perfect stature of our lives was having a happy excursion between heaven and earth.,The lesson of Zhuang Zis view of life,Seeking for the stature,Break loose the normal ties in our real livesLook around the world in the reverse thinking:treat the so called great events,as complaints in snails shellsregard our independent soul as giant.,Seeking for the stature,It was said by Feng Zikai that there could bethree kinds of stature in our lives.They areseeking for truth,going after beauty and beingin pursuit of goodness.,Seeking for the stature,The second kind of life is aesthetic life.The most perfect stature is a kind of soul life.It is in pursuit of goodness.,Seeking for the stature,We all have the similar realistic life.However,the importance is not what kind of anchorage wehave but what kind of our mind,and is not whatkind of opportunity we have but what kind ofour sense of worth.,Feeling our lives,Feeling our lives,After we release ourselves from bustling stuffand thoughts,we can approach to the stature ofhappy excursion and live a better life though wedont get those so called brilliant achievements.The happy excursion will give a pair ofextraordinary wings to every ordinary life of us.,Apperceiving the happy excursion,Apperceiving the happy excursion,At our 20th enter the society feel tired of going with dreams give up our dreamsWhen we are 40th complain about our lives.20years later hope to have some happy time,Apperceiving the happy excursion,Everybody of us is an individual,and also is amember of society.In Zhuang Zis opinion,we should cling to all the things.And the importance is clinging to our soul and hearts.,Apperceiving the happy excursion,At last,I hope that we all can get to the statureof happy excursion and have a happy life.,名言 至人无己,神人无功,圣人无名。English A perfect man does not hold himself in esteem;a godlike man does not expect any merit;and a sage pays no attention to renown/fame.,名言 道隐于小成,言隐于荣华。English Tao becomes obscured through the small comprehension(of the mind),and speech comes to be obscure through the vain-gloriousness(of the speaker).,名言 君子之交淡若水,小人之交甘若醴;君子淡以亲,小人甘以绝。English Though as light as water,the relationship between gentlemen is of the kind that lasts long.Though as sweet as wine,that between mean men is easier to break.,Apperceiving the happy excursion,At last,I hope that we all can get to the statureof happy excursion and have a happy life.,Thank you!,
