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The Interpretation of "yang Sheng"
Concept in Chuang-Tzu Discussion in Wei-Jin Scholars' Concept of
"Yang Sheng"
Sin-Yi Song
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the concept of "yang sheng" C-4-
~~~) in Chuang-Tzu with the one in Wei-Jin period by generalizing the ideas from the two chapters of Chuang-Tzu )1±-=f-, "Yang Sheng Chu" -4-~.£
and "Jen Chien Shih" A.Mi!t into three parts.
Firstly, the idea in Chuang-Tzu was originally about "wei shan w chin ming, wei owchinhsing" ~-i-~:i!t~ '~.~-~:i!t·M, whichmeanspeopleshouldstay natural in their mind. People do not need to purposely do the kind thing for fame or a compliment and also do not need to being afraid of doing the bad thing because of punishment. However the idea in Wei-J in period had been interpreted into "yu shih wei yi, shun shih erh wei" ~i!t-i-~ , Jr~a.filil
~, which means they had to adapt to the trends. People were doing what' s good for them and avoid what' s bad for them. The second idea was about
"ts' aiyuputs' ai, yiwyungweiyung" :;t~~:;t',~:A~Jfl~Jfl inChuang-Tzu, which means there is nodi fference between with or without talent. Each one was born for being useful. But in Wei-Jin period, it was developed into not
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getting involved with being officials from the scholars. They chose "yang k' uang hui chih, w yung pao sheng" 1.f.1£111j:t' • ~ llH!f-1." and pretended that they were not talented to keep them from political environment. Thirdly, in Chuang-Tzu' s "yang sheng" concept(.t-1.il!.$), "p' o sheng szu, pu yi ai le shang hsing shen" Zlt1.?E. • ~J:J.:R#H~H.H.Y, people should take death and life as a natural process and should not been affected by them. But in Wei-Jin period, the scholars became to have individualism awareness. They were being affected emotionally and easily ignored the rules. They began doing whatever they want without following the rules and eventually resulted in a conflict between "ming chiao" (~ ;ft)and nature. That also hurt themselves mentally and further physically due to taking I i fe and death too seriously.
Keywords: Chuang-Tzu, Yang Sheng, Wei-Jin period
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