As one of the representatives of Pre-Qin Taoism, Zhuangzi was amazed by the profoundness and mystery of his thought. Zhuang Zi's aesthetic advocation of natural inaction and Confucianism's aesthetic attitude of pursuing realistic function form two basic clues for the development of Chinese classical aesthetics. In Zhuangzi's aesthetic thoughts, the mysterious experience of "Tao" and the transcendent attention to the "true beauty" of Tao must be based on absolute superutilitarianism. Back to the present real society, this kind of aesthetic pursuit beyond personal persistence and desire is the most powerful ideological weapon to get rid of the extreme utilitarianism caused by human greed. However, the extreme naturalism thought in Zhuangzi's aesthetic thought, which changed from advocating nature to pursuing the primitive state of existence of man "living with animals and beasts", completely violated the historical necessity of human and human society development, and also lost the practical value of subject initiative and creativity. It is necessary to hold a critical attitude towards this extreme naturalistic aesthetic tendency.

Erbao Mo. Research on the Zhuang Zi's Aesthetic Thought of Naturalism. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2023), Vol. 5, Issue 4: 162-166. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2023.050424.

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