谈《逍遥游》中的“小大之辨”

ON The Difference Between Da and Xiao in A Happy Excursion

《逍遥游》居《庄子》内篇之首,西晋解庄名家郭象认为,《逍遥游》中的"小大之辨"意为大小齐一。无论是从该文的行文、立意、篇章内在思想的完整性,抑或从《庄子》内、外篇内容的相互映证来看,庄子的思想应该是崇大抑小,而非大小一齐。明确这一点,对疏通《庄子》内七篇,理解内七篇思想的完整性至关重要。

A Happy Excursion is the first chapter of argumentation in the first half part of Chuangcius. Guo Xiang, a famous export of the explanation to the spirit of Chuangcius in Western Jin Dynasty, believed that difference between Da and Xiao implied the equal extension of them. However, whether from the words organization, the meaning expressions, the topic choice and the coherence and integration of thoughts, or from the contents of the first half chapters and the last half chapters of Chuangcius, Chuangeius＇ idea should be to advocate Da and, belittle Xiao, not equal. It is essential to understand this point for holding the veins of the first chapters of seven essays of Chuangcius, and comprehending the integration of its thoughts.