How to translate "right is not right, and so is not so." into chinese? And I get the point that if right were really right, there would be no need to argue about it. But is there something absolutely right in our lives?
I don't know if my translation is right. I think he is trying to express "没有绝对的对与错". If there is something absolutely right in our lives, just as the professor said in the video: if the right were really right, then there is no need for argument.
Maybe he is trying to say that what we think right is not right. How we think of something may not be the truth of it. Just as the professor said , everybody is trapped in his own web of thinking which means that one's thinking pattern largely decides or even limits his perception of truth. I think Zhuangzi has perceived the triviality of establishing the system of right and wrong-- which is the publicity of a political or economic system, so he was detached from changing the world and setting up a system.
Absolutely there is sth right in our lives such as some basic values of human beings like you shall not murder, cheat for your own sake and something like that.
"Right is not right"can also be understood in aesthetic way. We should first make it clear that there's no absolute standard to judge an artwork' value companied by the change of social value. For one thing, different people have different opinions on one artwork because the huge difference in age,race,sex and background. For second, even the same person has different opinions as the time passes. So "right is not always right, right is not right."
Right or wrong is not absolute. Sometimes wrong is right and vice verse. For example, Zhuangzi's ideology, Wuwei. People think that the pursuit of fame and wealth is reasonable, but in Zhuangzi's view, it is wrong.
I think the first right is what people find is right; the second right refers to the objective truth in the world. We can never prove whether what people think is right is the objective truth or not. I think there is no need to put the detailed explanation in the translation because it is a sentence that violates our notion and therefore is thought-provoking. So literal translation is ok.
It seems if we want to know what is Dao to Zhuangzi, we have to learn it from the opposite of Dao. But which stories specifically talk about the opposite of Dao? Maybe someone could give me some examples.
The inner-working among the five elements is related to the interrelation between Yin and Yang principles. When Yin and Yang work in harmony, there will be an engendering relationship:metal-->water->wood-->fire-->earth-->mental. When Yin and Yang work against each other, the five elements will counteract each other: earth-->water-->fire-->mental-->wood-->earth.
Well, I think it's quite nucessary to mention about the distinctive fiugres in The External. First, the faithful person represents the good ethical behavors concerned with managing a country. Second, characters who represent filial piety are in the catagory of families. The last category is ordinary perosn with high moral standards. This dimension is descripted from the society. These three major characters in the book are comprehensive and also epitomaize good wishes towards the ideal society of Mencius.
So can you come up with more catagorires? (like friendship??)
We have learned that the Five Elements can be employed in the Traditional Chinese Medicine, but can it be employed in other fileds besides the area of medicine? I wonder some specific examples.
I have learned about the different analyses of the story of Zhuangzi: The Butterfly Fream, I personnally more prefer Dr. Duan's explaination: the useless of useful. So how can I understand another famous story of Zhuangzi: You are not a fish; how do you know what constitutes the enjoyment of fishes? Any his theory to explain this one?
The theory of Zhuangzi is much freer than that of Confucious. And, Zhangzi made Confucious'thoughts "adapted" to the his thought swiftly and humorouslly rather totally deny. I love his kind of thinking things without restrictions !
According to Zhuangzi that right is undefinable, because there is no need to discuss the truth. But in his writing Zhuangzi , the first passage A happy Exurism (《逍遥游》）, he used hundreds of words to describe the two animals ‘Peng’ and ‘Kun’ which represent the right. Does these two ideas contradict? If not, why?
Zhuangzi and Laozi are both Taoist scholls and they have a lot in common. Then what are the differences between their thoughts? Dao is unspeakable for Zhuangzi, so is it the same as Laozi's nameless?
Zhuangzi's thoughts are mainly foucusing on freedom and shaking off any bondage. An d to Zhuangzi, Dao means the harmonious working between Yin and Yang, and among the Five Elements.
His thought contains the element of simple dialectics,and he think that everything is changing. He believes that "tao" is "born in nature", from "tao has never been sealed" (that is, "tao" has no boundary and difference).Advocate "doing nothing" and give up all wrong doing.
In the contemporary society, everything is materialized with interests as the first priority. The intense pace of life makes people have little time to think about life and seek the peace of soul. In a hurry, busy, life pressure is extremely high, even many people are on the verge of collapse, the suicide rate has never been reduced. Zhuangzi will teach you how to release your soul. It may seem like a form of self-hypnosis, but when the mind is pacified, the body is relaxed and no longer troubled by the world.
Zhuangzi pusuits the kind of happiness in purity. Just to be happy, and free yourself from the world. Not like Daotist or Confucianist who seek for the reformation of the society in a political and economical reporach, Zhuangzi reckons that we could shake off the bondage from sufferings, chaos and absurdity. As a good storyteller, he trys to preach us in a hurmous way. He is broad-minded and positive thinker. And he reminds me of the figure ZhouBotong in ShenDiaoXiaNv, a book written by Chinese writer JinYong. Such a childlike and dynamic ZhouBotong is!
I perceive some points of Zhuangzi are similiar to the transcendatalists. The latter, who places emphasis on spirit, provokes that individual is the most important element in the society.
"Right is not right"can also be understood in aesthetic way. We should first make it clear that there's no absolute standard to judge an artwork' value companied by the change of social value. For one thing, different people have different opinions on one artwork because the huge difference in age,race,sex and background. For second, even the same person has different opinions as the time passes. So "right is not always right, right is not right."
I don't know if my translation is right. I think he is trying to express "没有绝对的对与错". If there is something absolutely right in our lives, just as the professor said in the video: if the right were really right, then there is no need for argument.
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