The Zhuangzi is a book that opens to a virtual wilderness of interpretive possibilities begging for exploration by scholars and laypersons alike. What follows here is an adventuresome foray by one of the latter. As such, it is essentially an exercise in creative writing. Since it is our interpretive conclusion that this was precisely what Zhuangzi himself was about, we believe he would smile broadly upon this endeavor however far-afield its proclamations might be. This point is central within this essay. However we engage with Zhuangzi, whether as a dilettante or an academic, it is the engagement that matters most. Conclusions are secondary at best. This having been said, conclusions will be found herein. Ambiguity is the signature characteristic of Zhuangzi’s writing. Awareness of ambiguity as a defining characteristic of the human experience invites us to consider the importance of not-knowing, the thing-left-out, the usefulness of the useless, the prioritization of Yin over Yang, and, most importantly, the experience of inherent emptiness. For Zhuangzi, such an awareness invites a radical paradigm shift away from the cognitive to the visceral. It invites an embrace of emptiness that renders one free of all dependence on being a self in need of itself.

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最重要的事情

这庄子这本书打开了一个虚拟的解释可能性的荒野，乞求学者和外行的探索。接下来是后者之一的冒险尝试。因此，它本质上是一种创造性写作的练习。既然我们的解释性结论是庄子本人就是这样，我们相信他会对这一努力充满微笑，无论它的宣言多么遥远。这一点是本文的核心。不管我们与庄子打交道，无论是作为外行还是学者，最重要的是参与。结论充其量是次要的。说了这么多，这里就可以得出结论了。歧义是庄子写作的标志性特征。意识到模糊性是人类经验的一个决定性特征，这促使我们考虑不知道的重要性、遗漏的东西、无用的有用性、阴比阳的优先级，以及最重要的经验固有的空虚。对于庄子来说，这样的意识引发了从认知到本能的激进范式转变。它邀请了对空虚的拥抱，使一个人摆脱了对成为需要自己的自我的所有依赖。