Revelations from Three Discussion Topics on Life Education based on Zhuang-zi’s Thoughts

• Main Authors: Mei-Yu Liu, 劉梅玉
• Other Authors: 作者未提供
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8ka53t

碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 教育研究所碩士在職專班 === 96 === With “Revelations from three discussion topics on life education based on Zhuang-zi’s thoughts” as the research theme, this paper is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 examines the crisis of human “existence” in modern days, the limitation and restriction imposed by post-modern civilization, and the importance of mental health education in this civilization, in hope that Zhuang-zi’s thoughts could generate new revelations for life education. This chapter is divided into four sections. Section 1 describes the background and motives of this research. Section 2 specifies the research scope. Section 3 explains the research method. Section 4 addresses the research purposes. Chapter 2 is based on the theme of “Revelation of life and death education in life education based on Zhuang-zi’s thoughts”, and comprises 3 sections. Section 1 addresses the importance of life and death education. Section 2 discusses life and death education using Zhuang-zi’s thoughts of “viewing death and life as the same.”Section 3 probes into the attitude towards death based on Zhuangzi’s concept of“following the trend during stable period.” Chapter 3 is based on the theme of “Revelation of environmental ethics in life education based on Zhuang-zi’s thoughts”, and comprises 3 sections. Section 1 discusses the imbalanced nature in modern civilization, and urges the emphasis on the right environmental ethics. Section 2 presents Zhuang-zi’s concept of “actionless action leads to spontaneity”, so as to reduce the meaningless desires and destruction of the environment. Section 3 establishes Zhuang-zi’s concept of “all things in the universe are equal” to treat the things in the universe. Chapter 4 is based on the theme of “Revelation of character integrity and spiritual development based on Zhuang-zi’s thoughts”, and comprises 3 sections. Section 1 explains the importance of character integrity and spiritual development in behavioral practice. Section 2 discusses about elevating one’s spirituality by employing Zhuang-zi’s cultivation by “fasting of the mind” and “setting and forgetting”. Section 3 discusses about reaching Zhuang-zi’s ideal of “free-minded without depending on others”, and surpassing all formal and formless limitations, in order to establish the ideal character. Chapter 5 concludes that life education is the core of educational reform. This IIIresearch hopes that Zhuang-zi’s life philosophy could provide multi-facet revelations to life education, and enrich the knowledge domain of Oriental educational philosophy.