On the role and purpose of the human being in the Zhuangzi

• Main Author: 邱浩崴 Koo, Hao Wei
• Other Authors: Winnie Sung
• Format: Thesis-Master by Research
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Humanities::Philosophy::Chinese
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173278
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis is devoted to the exposition of the Zhuangzi’s vision of the purpose and role of the human being, which is intricately connected to the Zhuangzi’s central concept, tian (天). The thesis puts forth the proposition that because the Zhuangzi sees the human being within the backdrop of a natu...