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A Brief Account of the Development of Zhuang Zi Theory in QinHan Period

MA Peng-xiang

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Most people think Zhuang Zi philosophy did not attract attention to the people after it came out.It became lively until Weijin period and got the position of center in thinking field.It affected greatly to China's philosophy,literature,art then.However,if we make a careful investigation to history,Zhuang's theory is not unknown in Qin-han period.In the final period of Qin and at the beginning of Han,owing to the popularity of huang lao thinking,scholars comparatively attached attention to Zhuang's theory.After Donghan,scholars,and writers in particular,once again began to concern the value of Zhuang's theory.In the ending period of Donghan,Zhuang's influence became greater,even became undercurrent in ideological field,thus Zhuang's theory was formed thereafter.The present paper attaches more inportance of Zhuang's theory in Qin-han period.

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Most people think Zhuang Zi philosophy did not attract attention to the people after it came out.It became lively until Weijin period and got the position of center in thinking field.It affected greatly to China's philosophy,literature,art then.However,if we make a careful investigation to history,Zhuang's theory is not unknown in Qin-han period.In the final period of Qin and at the beginning of Han,owing to the popularity of huang lao thinking,scholars comparatively attached attention to Zhuang's theory.After Donghan,scholars,and writers in particular,once again began to concern the value of Zhuang's theory.In the ending period of Donghan,Zhuang's influence became greater,even became undercurrent in ideological field,thus Zhuang's theory was formed thereafter.The present paper attaches more inportance of Zhuang's theory in Qin-han period.

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Most people think Zhuang Zi philosophy did not attract attention to the people after it came out.It became lively until Weijin period and got the position of center in thinking field.It affected greatly to China's philosophy,literature,art then.However,if we make a careful investigation to history,Zhuang's theory is not unknown in Qin-han period.In the final period of Qin and at the beginning of Han,owing to the popularity of huang lao thinking,scholars comparatively attached attention to Zhuang's theory.After Donghan,scholars,and writers in particular,once again began to concern the value of Zhuang's theory.In the ending period of Donghan,Zhuang's influence became greater,even became undercurrent in ideological field,thus Zhuang's theory was formed thereafter.The present paper attaches more inportance of Zhuang's theory in Qin-han period.

Key concepts: Period (music), Ideology, Popularity, China, Value (mathematics), History, Philosophy, Epistemology

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