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A study of the isolation and the non-isolationof xin(心) in the Chuang-tzu

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2005, (2), pp.171~187
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities

Hyunsu Kim 1

1동국대학교

ABSTRACT

Chuang-tzu came under his eyes a horrible reality as an extreme lack of freedom at that time.But he strongly affirmed the nature of human being. In Chuang-tzu's philosophy is considered Tao as the real being of infinite 'shu-tong(疏通)'. And originally human being is also unadorned Being which is produced from Tao. So it is understood human being which have the natural characteristic of infinite 'shu-tong'. On the contrary, it is considered a figure of an isolated human being as an illusion, because Chaung-tzu's philosophy is holding on to the 'Tao(道)-monism'.According to Chuang-tzu's view the 'cheng-xin(成心)' as mundane self make true human being into an isolated human being, so human being cannot attain a state of infinite freedom. But it is the 'cheng-xin' which is merely an illusion. And the 'chang-xin(常心)' as real self maintain ours natural characteristic of infinite non-isolation.Thus if human being would attain complete enlightenment about such an illusion and attain a state of perfect self-effacement then accomplish an infinite freedom like Tao.

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