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Wang QuanShan’s Study of Zhuang-zi: the Crucial Meaning of “ning-shen”
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| Abstract |
When Wang-yu annotated Zhaung-zi’s works in his book “Annotation of Zhaung-zi”, he said ““qi shen ning implied lots of meanings inside it”. It means “ning-shen” plays a very crucial role in Quanshan’s study of Zhaung-zi. Wang-yu’s argument hits the mark but it’s a pity that he didn’t elaborate on it. So we can’t figure out the enrichment of ning-shen’s meaning. What does “enrichment” mean? To make it simple, ning-shen involves “jing jie” and “huo dong” and that’s what this paper tries to investigate. But how do we prove it? This paper explores it from two phases. One is about “ning” of “ning-shen”. We should understand what “ning” means before we start to discuss the topic “ning-shen”. Because the meaning of “ning” directly affects the meaning of “ning-shen”. What is “ning”? This paper tries to compare “ning” with “zhi”, “chi”, “yu” and “cun” and reveals that “ning” is nothing but verifying and returning to the original status of “shen”, i.e. not losing one’s own self and not holding it at the same time. The other is when we discuss “ning-shen and ying-shi”, we have to focus on why “ning-shen” has connections with “ying-shi”. Are those connections inevitable? If those connections are inevitable, their connections are of priority or equality? We take “yo” and “structure of ti-yong” as the main axis and elaborate on the indivisibility of “ning-shen” and “ying-shi”. Then we can understand the enrichment of meaning of “ning-shen” in Quanshan’s study of Zhaung-zi. In other words, the real meaning of “ning-shen” should be based on the indivisibility of “ning-shen” and “ying-shi”.
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| Keywords |
Wang Quanshan(Wang Fuzhi)、Zhuang-Zi、shen、yo、ti-yong |
