His Teachings and Philosophy
Chuang Tze^ A Great Philosopher
By WARNER FAN PART II
CUNCE THIS HAPPINESS was contingent on one's nature, it was only relative. Was there then an absolute happiness? If so, how might it be attained?
"Suppose there is one who chariots upon the normality of the universe, rides upon the transformation of the elements, and thus makes excursion in the infinite, what has he to depend upon?"
Such happiness then, must have been absolute, and to arrive at such a state
it was necessary to disperse emotion with reason." This was possible only if one understood the nature of things, and thus would no longer be affected by the changes of the world. When Chuang Tze's wife died, Hui Shih went to condole. To his amazement, Chuang Tze was singing, beating time on a bowl, and on being questioned by Hui Shih, answered: "When she first died, how could I help not being affected ？ But then on examining the matter, I saw that in the beginning she had originally been lifeless. And not only lifeless, but she had originally been formless. And not only formless, but she had originally lacked all sub-
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CHINATOWN NEWS, OCT. 18, 1960