The Zhuangzi Complex in Wai-lim Yip's Comparative Poetics

Wai-lim Yip's comparative poetics has greatly influenced the Chinese academia in the late 20th century. While revealing the difference in aesthetics of the Taoism-influenced Chinese poetics and the traditional western poetics, it explores the convergence of Chinese poetics and modern western aesthetics. Zhuangzi has played a very important role in such a comparative framework. To notice this point is nor only helpful to eliminate the shadow of western poetics over that of China, but also can contribute a lot to the modern transformation and globalization of the latter.