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