Zhuangzi's View on Language Suh, DaeWon (Chungbuk National University Wooam Institute) This paper aims to explore Zhuangzi's theory of language. It will focus on ‘expression’ and ‘communication,’ based on the examination of the “Qiwulun” chapter. For Zhuangzi myriad things and humans all exist in the state of constant change. There is nothing that does not change, and no moment that does not flow. Change is the real picture of world that goes beyond human intelligence. Language originates in the moment people come into contact with a thing or things, which means that I who constantly changes every second contact with a thing that also changes constantly. Then, how is it possible that language or learning that grounds itself on the concept ever exist at all? This is the question that ancient Greek philosophers had asked as well. How did Zhuangzi respond to it? Zhuangzi seems to think that ‘chengxin’ is the precondition for the establishment of language. Without chengxin there would be no language and learning. Chengxin is what transforms changing world into language. Chengxin is the active state of mind that has no particular ground. For this reason language and learning dependent on chengxin cannot reflect the real world without distortion. This paper, thus, suggest the distinction of ‘before language,’ and ‘after language’ in Zhuangzi's theory of language, and according to Zhuangzi ‘before language’ can never be the same with ‘after language.’ After all language cannot be the medium of truth. Language serves as a tool for communication, not for truth. Zhuangzi tries to eliminate all the differences among various schools' claim of truth on the basis of the concept of language that we have discussed.
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1. 논의에 앞서 2. 莊子의 心物觀考察 2.1. 物觀ㆍ心觀 2.2. 言의 성립 3.『齊物論』을 중심으로 보는 莊子言語觀 3.1. ‘言’의 형성요소 3.2. ‘言’의 形成過程 3.3. ‘言前’과 ‘言後’ 3.4. 莊子의 言語策略 4. 맺음말 인용문헌 Abstract
국제언어인문학회 [INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES IN LANGUAGE]
설립연도
2000
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
국제언어인문학회는 '언어를 통한 인문학 연구'의 필요성에 동감하는 여러 전공분야 학자들의 뜻을 담고 있습니다. 언어에 초점을 맞추는 것은, 다양한 전공분야의 참여에서 생겨날 수 있는 '이질적 집합'의 상황을 극복하기 위한 장치입니다. 현재로서는 작은 불씨를 지핀 것에 불과합니다. 그러나 이렇게 일구어진 불꽃이 새로운 학풍의 바람결에 커다란 섬광으로 빛나게 될 날이 올 것을 우리는 확신합니다. 우리의 학회와 학술지는 인문학 불변의 가치와 시대적 사명을 인식하는 국내외의 학자들을 향해 활짝 개방되어 있습니다. 특정 전공의 범위를 넘어서서 철학, 문학, 언어학, 종교, 역사, 문화, 예술 등의 시각에서 언어의 본질을 토론할 기회가 될 것입니다.