1. Introduction
Zhuangzi is a Chinese philosopher that was able to use the concept of relativism to push the limitations of words and its meanings. By pushing the boundaries of language, he was able to encourage a life that is free from society’s restrictive norms. Zhuangzi’s sage is a person that no longer lives according to ethical ideals but lives according to spiritual ideals. Once a person becomes a sage, his spirit is able to roam freely in Dao as his spirit is no longer restrained within the boundaries of the world of men. Zhuangzi names three points for a person to become a sage namely: to be useless, to accept fate and to walk two roads at once. This paper will discuss how Zhuangzi’s three points for a person to become a sage leads …show more content…
By sewing and washing, he gets enough to fill his mouth; by handling a winnow and sifting out the good grain, he makes enough to feed ten people. When authorities call out the troops, he stands in the crowd waving good-bye; when they get up a big work party, they pass him over because he’s a chronic invalid. And when they are doling out grain to ailing, he gets three big measures and ten bundles of firewood. With a crippled body, he’s still able to look after himself and finish out the years Heaven gave him.” (Watson, …show more content…
Raphal (2002) writes that Zhuangzi believed in accepting fate but not in fatalism, because Zhuangzi’s scope of free will is not cases of chance but it is the inevitable constant change of the world and the ability of clear judgments by individuals to respond to it. A sage is able to know his or her limitations and tries to avoid situations that are unfavourable and focuses on building on his or her own strengths. And if it the situations are unavoidable, the sage knows how to not make the situation
Zhuangzi is a Chinese philosopher that was able to use the concept of relativism to push the limitations of words and its meanings. By pushing the boundaries of language, he was able to encourage a life that is free from society’s restrictive norms. Zhuangzi’s sage is a person that no longer lives according to ethical ideals but lives according to spiritual ideals. Once a person becomes a sage, his spirit is able to roam freely in Dao as his spirit is no longer restrained within the boundaries of the world of men. Zhuangzi names three points for a person to become a sage namely: to be useless, to accept fate and to walk two roads at once. This paper will discuss how Zhuangzi’s three points for a person to become a sage leads …show more content…
By sewing and washing, he gets enough to fill his mouth; by handling a winnow and sifting out the good grain, he makes enough to feed ten people. When authorities call out the troops, he stands in the crowd waving good-bye; when they get up a big work party, they pass him over because he’s a chronic invalid. And when they are doling out grain to ailing, he gets three big measures and ten bundles of firewood. With a crippled body, he’s still able to look after himself and finish out the years Heaven gave him.” (Watson, …show more content…
Raphal (2002) writes that Zhuangzi believed in accepting fate but not in fatalism, because Zhuangzi’s scope of free will is not cases of chance but it is the inevitable constant change of the world and the ability of clear judgments by individuals to respond to it. A sage is able to know his or her limitations and tries to avoid situations that are unfavourable and focuses on building on his or her own strengths. And if it the situations are unavoidable, the sage knows how to not make the situation