On the Succession and Change of Zhuang Zi from the Image of"Infant"
As an crucial imagery,"infant"is commonly found in the context of the scholarship of all the pre-Qin scholars,especially Taoism.Laozi pioneered the precedent of Taoism using"infant"to embody the Tao,and Zhuangzi also took advantage of certain elements of Laozi's"infant"imagery to convey ideas:tracing and returning to the simple and ancient,natural state of life;Having flexible colors and weak morals;Self per-fection and self alienation.At the same time,Zhuangzi injected his unique life style,so Zhuangzi's"infant"was not completely consistent with Laozi's,mainly manifested as:the"inaction"from political collective to personal life;The whole life choice of being straight inside and curved outside;Conforming to the spiritual confrontation between nature and supernatural.Due to the gradual convergence of various scholars'narratives and the influence of the times,the"infant"image in Zhuangzi's later studies has developed a new quality on the basis of inheriting the ideas of Laozi and Zhuangzi:acceptance of the Confucian concept of The Doctrine of the Mean.
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