“吾丧我”——《庄子·齐物论》解读

A New Explanation of Qiwulun by Zhuang zi

ThispaperoffersanewexplanationoftheQiwulun (OntheEqualityofAllThings)byZhuangzi.It pointsoutthatthesentence“Ihavelostmyself” (“吾丧我”)asthekeytounderstandingthischapter. Thewords“I (吾wu)”and“myself (我wo)”explicatedifferentstatesofhumanexistence .Zhuangzi holdsthat“wo”istheexistenceinbothphysicalandsensationalsense .Inthephysicalsense ,“Wo”is interwovenwiththephysicalworld ,indicatingthecircumstanceofhumanphysicalexistence .Inthesen sationalsense ,itadherestothehumanstatusinthesociety ,indicatingthehumanexistenceconnected withitssocialrole .Because“wo”isalwaysrelatedwithobjects ,itisboundtobeinvolvedwiththeright orthewrong .Zhangziclaimstotranscenddistinctionbetweentherightandthewrongbymakingacom promisebetweenthem ,say ,by“followingthetwocourses (两行 )” .However,thistranscendencecan beestablishednotby“wo”butby“wu” .“Wu”cannotbeanobjectforarticulation .Itcanbedenoted onlybyanegative ,namely ,wu (I )isnotwo (myself) .Infact,wuisnotwo ,neitherphysicalnor sensational.Therefore ,wucantranscendtherelationshipwithobjectsandturnintobeing -in itself, thusfreefromandgoingbeyondthedistinctionbetweentherightandthewrong .

ThispaperoffersanewexplanationoftheQiwulun (OntheEqualityofAllThings)byZhuangzi.It pointsoutthatthesentence“Ihavelostmyself” (“吾丧我”)asthekeytounderstandingthischapter. Thewords“I (吾wu)”and“myself (我wo)”explicatedifferentstatesofhumanexistence .Zhuangzi holdsthat“wo”istheexistenceinbothphysicalandsensationalsense .Inthephysicalsense ,“Wo”is interwovenwiththephysicalworld ,indicatingthecircumstanceofhumanphysicalexistence .Inthesen sationalsense ,itadherestothehumanstatusinthesociety ,indicatingthehuman...