The metaphor of disease is an important presentation of xiang-yu in Zhuangzi. Exploring the origin-backgroun,connotation-features,function-significance of Zhuangzi's metaphor of disease is of great theoretical significance for elaborating Zhuangzi's thoughts. The public medical knowledge in the pre-Qin period,the realistic diseases of social turmoil during the Warring States period,the cultural identity of the descendants of the Yin Dynasty and the cultural tradition of the inseparability of shamanism and medicine,the influence of geographical climate on diseases all jointly constitute the origin and background of Zhuangzi's use of disease as a yu-xiang. In Zhuangzi's metaphor of disease,"there are many patients at the doctor's door"embodies the ideal of governing the world,"self-acupuncturing without illness"implicitly expresses the critical intention,and"the principles of health preservation"belong to the prescription for saving the society. These three aspects together constitute the deconstruction and critical functional orientation of Zhuangzi 's metaphor of disease as a yu-xiang. The metaphor of disease embodies Zhuangzi's detached yet warm-hearted attitude,delicately conveying his keen concern for reality,serving as a potent remedy for the chronic illness of his era,and it still benefits greatly in terms of how to soothe the anxiety of the soul in the present.
Zhuangzimetaphor of disease"there are many patients at the doctor'-s door""self-acupuncturing without illness""the principles of health preservation"
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