tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262267092467942583.post4580625300493898618..comments2023-06-16T09:06:01.095-05:00Comments on Self-Referential Collapse: Unemployment and Ancient Chinese PhilosophyBP Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531863521357661468noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262267092467942583.post-29385977722587021992009-06-08T11:48:43.226-05:002009-06-08T11:48:43.226-05:00Yeah Chapters 1 & 2 have a lot of the meat of ...Yeah Chapters 1 & 2 have a lot of the meat of Zhuangzi already, including the relativism, but his charm is related to his many cool stories. Snail Horns, the famous dialogue of Zhuangzi, Huizi, and the fish, and Zhuangzi as a young poacher, are all elsewhere.<br /><br />Zhaungzi tell the story of a snail with two "horns." On this snail there were people so tiny that there was a whole kingdom living on the left horn of the snail and another on the right horn. After much provocation, the people of the left horn could endure the insults no more and waged terrible war on the people of the right horn. And they wiped out the arrogant bastards of the right horn, suffering great losses themselves, and held a glorious victory party with a subdued moment of silence for the fallen, as the world apart from the snail cared not a whit.<br /><br />Zhuangzi tell that once a bug was chewing on a leaf so intently, that he did not notice the preying mantis who was about to eat him. And the preying mantis was studying the bug it was about to eat so intently, that it did not notice the hawk that was about to eat him. And the hawk was diving down at the preying mantis so intently that it did not notice Zhaungzi as a young poacher concentrating and aiming his crossbow. And Zhuangzi saw the bug, the mantis, the hawk, and his crossbow, and he stopped and looked around and saw one of the King's forest rangers hiding and aiming a crossbow at him. And he lowered his crossbow without firing, said hi, and took up life as a philosopher and shoemaker, rather than as a poacher.BP Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531863521357661468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262267092467942583.post-63238888162771675382009-06-02T19:47:54.247-05:002009-06-02T19:47:54.247-05:00Brian,
I'm sorry to hear that you've lost...Brian,<br /><br />I'm sorry to hear that you've lost your job. <br /><br />I'm a reader of TAE, and I've just found your blog here. Enjoying it.<br /><br />I'm an English teacher, and I do a class on religion & literature. A few weeks ago we looked at Zhuangzi, but only sections 1 & 2. The students (twelfth graders) really enjoyed the readings, and I think they were a little shaken up by them too. They all affect a brave relativism, but get a little nervous when they see Zhuangzi's version!<br /><br />brendanbrendannoreply@blogger.com