Abstract:

Zhuangzi, a representative of the Dao Thinking Ecology after Laozi, is also a leading representative of the idea of freedom in Chinese philosophy. In the first part of his work, referred to by his own name, the thought of freedom which he translates through anecdotes has formed a solid foundation for both the thinker’s own philosophy and the Taoist thought that comes after him. According to Zhuangzi, who discusses the idea of freedom through separate anecdotes over the existence and the human being; the human being who moves according to the nature of the creation of the existence by liberating the existence and the spirit that finds the possibility to live according to its nature is the owner of real freedom. The true freedom that every being possesses according to creation, by influencing the elements of the material world, can be reduced, shaped, or disappeared over time. At this point, Zhuangzi suggests a series of practices, which are called the possibility of transformation in the name of existence and especially for people.