齐物 – Chinese philosophy and culture

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qíwù 齐物

Seeing Things as Equal

破除事物之间差异与对立的一种认识态度或生活方式。庄子在《齐物论》中通过对世界的变化无常的揭示,说明差异与对立的事物之间内在相通。因此在认识层面,应该从世界的相通的本质出发,视万物齐等如一,放弃自我的立场所带来的对事物的分别与好恶。心游离于事物之外,摆脱事物的限制与影响。事物之间差异与对立的表象不再构成内心乃至生命的负担。

This refers to a worldview or lifestyle that seeks to reconcile differences and contradictions among things. In “On Seeing things as equal”, Zhuangzi analyzes the unpredictable nature of the world to reveal that different or opposing things are inherently interconnected. In striving to understand the world, one should therefore first of all identify the interconnectedness among all things in the world, see all as equal, and abandon personal preferences, likes and dislikes. In this way, one’s heart can be above all material things and free from their constraints and influences, and the differences and contradictions among things will no longer burden one’s mind or one’s life.

引例 Citation:

◎故齐物而偏尚之累去矣。(郭象《庄子注》)

(因此能够做到齐物,则由个人偏好所带来的各种弊端都不存在了。)

Hence if we can see all things as equal, there will be no flaws brought about by our personal preferences. (Guo Xiang: Annotations on Zhuangzi)

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