Xiangwang and Diehua——On the Mental State and the Highest State of Aesthetic Appreciation in Zhuangzi(Book of Master Zhuang)

Zhuangzi was an important philosopher and thinker in Zhanguo and he clearly recognized the society was dark and people were not free in life.It was always his pursuit to extricate from the awkward predicament of reality as well as body and mind and obtaining spiritual freedom,and Zhuangzi pursued Xiangwang which was an extremely valid form.Xiangwang,which was Zhuangzi's original idea on his philosophy of life,but the life of his pursuing was aesthetic and full of poetic atmosphere,also really revealed the mental sate of aesthetic main body in appreciation.Zhuangzi also further discussed the state of Diehua,the highest state of aesthetic appreciation.Discussing Zhuangzi's idea about this is of important significance to better and all-round understanding his thought in art and literature.