Forgetting Each Other in the World: Zhuangzi and the Warring States Period
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In the middle period of the Warring States Period, on the eve of the finalization of the unification of Chinese history, heroes were vying for the throne and hundreds of schools of thought were contending. People at that time were filled with mysteries: When will the war with blood flowing everywhere and bones filled with bones end? Where will history go? How will human nature and culture change? This book faithfully reproduces the life and death of seventy-two princes and ninety-four generals, as well as the extraordinary deeds of many scholars, assassins, and hermits. It presents a holographic interactive century-old history of the Warring States Period, and also shows the subtle interaction between thought and history, and the profound impact of history on human nature; The story of Zi's life, the formation process of his thoughts, his interaction with hundreds of schools of thought, and his cold-eyed observation and unique comments on the times and human nature resurrected the image of Zhuangzi, a supreme man who looked down upon the princes, had the integrity to surpass hundreds of schools of thought, and stood proudly in the entire Warring States Period and even at the highest level of the human spiritual world. Zhuangzi saw through the mystery of the Warring States Period, and also saw the harm that changes caused to human nature and culture. He was not involved in the times, consciously staying on the outside and overcoming his times in himself with a detached attitude.
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