庄子生死观对我国临终关怀事业发展的哲学启示

Philosophical Enlightenment of Zhuangzi’s View of Life and Death on the Development of Hospice Care in China

庄子的道家哲学思想作为我国先秦时期的重要哲学思想之一,其对于生死问题的阐释有着独到的见解。庄子以道家“道法自然”的核心论点为其生死观的内在依据,提出“贵生”“重生”“善死”“乐死”等观点并最终引向其“生死齐一”的辨证生死观。临终关怀作为我国正处在发展阶段的一项重要医学事业,受我国传统文化等方面影响面临诸多伦理困境。而庄子所追求的与道合一、不生不死的“逍遥”境界,恰对于破除有关临终关怀事业在我国发展所面临的伦理困境具有一定的哲学启示意义。

As one of the important philosophical thoughts in the pre-Qin period,Zhuangzi’s Taoist philosophical thought has unique views on the interpretation of life and death.Zhuangzi,taking the core argument of Taoism“the law of nature”as the internal basis of his view of life and death,put forward such viewpoints as“precious life”“rebirth”“good death”and“happy death”,and finally led to his dialectical view of“life and death in one”.Hospice care,as an important medical cause in the developing stage in China,is confronted with many ethical dilemmas under the influence of Chinese traditional culture and other aspects.The“free and unfettered”realm pursued by Zhuangzi is of certain philosophical significance for breaking the ethical dilemma faced by the development of hospice care in China.