2009Journal of Anshan Normal UniversityRequires access

Prying about Difference and Connection of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi's Political Outlooks on Society

Xinwei Wang

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The thoughts of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi are both idealists whose philosophy is based on the theory Tao.Both of them claim governing by non-interference,but there are differences in the basis and angle on their political outlooks on society.Lao Zi puts forward a sublimate possibility for the harmony relationship between monarch and people from the macroscopically standpoint of the governors,on the contrary,Zhuang Zi proposes a direction to live in the reality for common people from the microcosmic standpoint of single person.

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The thoughts of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi are both idealists whose philosophy is based on the theory Tao.Both of them claim governing by non-interference,but there are differences in the basis and angle on their political outlooks on society.Lao Zi puts forward a sublimate possibility for the harmony relationship between monarch and people from the macroscopically standpoint of the governors,on the contrary,Zhuang Zi proposes a direction to live in the reality for common people from the microcosmic standpoint of single person.

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The thoughts of Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi are both idealists whose philosophy is based on the theory Tao.Both of them claim governing by non-interference,but there are differences in the basis and angle on their political outlooks on society.Lao Zi puts forward a sublimate possibility for the harmony relationship between monarch and people from the macroscopically standpoint of the governors,on the contrary,Zhuang Zi proposes a direction to live in the reality for common people from the microcosmic standpoint of single person.

Key concepts: Harmony (color), Politics, Epistemology, Philosophy, Sociology, Aesthetics, Political science, Law

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