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What does it mean when Zhuangzi says:'Harmonize them by means of heaven's relativity?'

What kind of objections can be raised by this claim?

I'm not sure how this relates to the conxtext of Zhuangzi's larger theory.

2007-04-14 09:47:48 · 3 answers · asked by ..*Real-ality*.. 3 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

Let me clarify:
Heaven to Zhuangzi, is a merging of the self with the universe.
This is in no way realtied to a god, or anthing in that context.

2007-04-14 10:36:07 · update #1

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What he is trying to do is develop a system for determining what is right and what is wrong.

As he points out elsewhere, if two people have an argument and one or the other wins the argument, does it necessarily make the winner RIGHT? Most of us would say that it's possible the person who wins is right, but it's not necessarily the case. Maybe the winner is just good at arguing. Maybe the loser just got tired of the struggle. Or maybe there's more evidence that neither of them know about.

So, Zhuangzi argues, it goes with life as a whole. There are many kind of arguments, but in none of them does winning automatically prove rightness. So where can the rightness be found?

Logically enough, if it's not in this world, it must be outside it in a sense. If you cannot depend on man, you may only depend on the Divine to sort the whole thing out. Once you cede all your problems and arguments over there, he argues, there is no point in even worrying about them any longer.

This is the 'relativity' he is referring to. A human life is small compared to the vastness of time. A human scale is small compared to the vastness of the universe. All our problems must be just as insignificant - they only LOOK big to us. As he would put it:

"Take no heed of time nor of right and wrong. Passing into the realm of the Infinite, take your final rest therein."

2007-04-17 12:39:30 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1 0

As ordinary human beings, we love rewards; we work with the motive of reward. The reward make us do so many things. We wish for the reward here and now. Sometimes rewards act as incentives. And we believe that whether we want it or not, each action will have an effect.So we console ourselves that no action goes waste. If not now, later we will experience the result of our actions, either during this life or in another life , another place.Heaven is the other place.

2016-05-20 00:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

Zhuangzi; Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, lit. "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought. His name is sometimes spelled Chuang Tsu, Zhuang Tze, or Chuang Tse.

Zhuangzi allegedly lived during the reign of King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, in the span from 370 to 301 BCE. Zhuangzi was from the Town of Meng (蒙城, Méng Chéng) in the State of Song (now Shāngqiū 商邱, Henan). His given name was Zhou (周, Zhōu). He was also known as Meng Official, Meng Zhuang, and Meng Elder (蒙吏, Méng Lì; 蒙莊, Méng Zhuāng, and 蒙叟, Méng sǒu, respectively).

They say harmonize which means you have to attain a peaceful thinking to harmonize to capture and visualize the given thing. It requires self motivation and time to arrive at this state of thingking. that when you attain this level, you can do things easy which others can see it hard... It is a state of mind!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-04-18 22:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by micalovadinnerdevanne 2 · 1 1

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