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Walk an alternative path to spiritual transformation with Zhuangzi's timeless wisdom.
For many years, Zheng Kai's "The Philosophy of Zhuangzi" has been one of the most popular undergraduate courses at Peking University. Drawing on examples from modern science, engineering, arts, mathematics, and daily life, Zheng's lectures are tailored to attract students of various backgrounds, not just philosophy. An Introduction to Zhuangzi's Philosophy, based on these lectures, aims to make this acclaimed course accessible to a wider audience. A sensation in China when it was published in 2016, and now available for the first time in English, it provides a friendly introduction to Zhuangzi, Daoism, and Chinese philosophy generally, and serves as a roadmap for curious minds who aspire to wander further in Zhuangzi's world of thought. The book also offers Zheng's own reflections on how Zhuangzi's philosophy addresses modern concerns regarding human existence and the meaning of life. Rather than a historical exegesis of selected passages in the Zhuangzi, the book exhibits Zheng's unremitting effort to soak textual research in the study of human spirit, revealing not only the historical Zhuangzi in writing but his presence in our hearts.
ZHENG Kai is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Peking University. He is the author of many books, including The Metaphysics of Philosophical Daoism. RUAN Hanliang received his PhD in Chinese Philosophy from Peking University and is cofounder and CEO of Agora Education. HE Wanqing holds an MPA from New York University and an MPhil from Peking University, where she is currently a PhD candidate in Chinese Philosophy.
1. Zhuangzi and the Ethos of His Philosophy
2. The Magic in Zhuangzi's Language
3. The Relationship between Dao and Things: Great and Small
4. The Relationship between Dao and Things II: Ends and Beginnings
5. The Relationship between Dao and Things III: You and Wu
6. True Knowledge: After the Truth of Dao
7. Finding Truth with Insight
8. Murky-De (Part I): A Challenge and a Critique of Ethics and Politics
9. Murky-De (Part II): Reflecting and Excavating Human Heartmind and Nature
10. Dream and Transformation: The Eternal Recurrence of Life
11. Harmonizing with De and Wandering with Freedom and Ease
12. Dao in Practice: The Spirit of Technique and Play
13. Our Seredipitous Encounter with Zhuangzi