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- Title
On Becoming a Rooster: Zhuangzian Conventionalism and the Survival of Death.
- Authors
Longenecker, Michael Tze-Sung
- Abstract
The Zhuangzi 莊子 depicts persons as surviving their deaths through the natural transformations of the world into very different forms—such as roosters, cart-wheels, rat livers, and so on. It is common to interpret these passages metaphorically. In this essay, however, I suggest employing a "Conventionalist" view of persons that says whether a person survives some event is not merely determined by the world, but is partly determined by our own attitudes. On this reading, Zhuangzi's many teachings urging us to embrace transformation are not merely a psychological aid for dealing with death, but also serve as a tool for literally surviving it.
- Subjects
ZHUANGZI, ca. 365 B.C.-ca. 290 B.C.; SELF; DEATH; CONVENTION (Philosophy); META-analysis
- Publication
Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 2022, Vol 21, Issue 1, p61
- ISSN
1540-3009
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11712-021-09815-7