Zhuangzi: The Useless Tree (A Classical Chinese Parable)

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Within the classical Chinese text, the Zhuangzi, there is a motif of a big but useless tree. The tree introduces us to a number of ideas, the most notable of which is a perspective driven relativism that undermines the authority of conventional value standards by asserting the great use of uselessness. This video explores this idea which, at first, may seem farfetched and paradoxical but, in the end, will prove an insightful argument with modern significance. Music: Forest Shrine by Kerusu • Kerusu - Forest Shrine Timestamps: 00:00 || 0. Introduction 00:44 || 1. Translation 03:41 || 2. The Craftsman’s Measurement 09:18 || 3. To Dream of a Talking Tree 18:53 || 4. The Craftsman’s Change of Heart Essay available in 2021 version: meteorite.philosophy.lsa.umich.edu/editions/ Thumbnail Photo: 陈丹青：我看徐悲鸿 Pinyin Pronunciation Chart: chinese.yabla.com/chinese-pinyin-chart.php Classical Chinese from: Chinese Text Project. ctext.org/zhuangzi/. (Managed by Donald Sturgeon) Translation Cross-Referenced with: Ziporyn (2020), Graham (1981), Watson (1964), Legge (1891). Sources: Kroll, Paul. A Student’s Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese. Revised 2018. Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology and other Essays. Harper Perennial. McDougall, Edward. "On Being Useless." IAI. 2019. iai.tv/articles/uselessness-as-life-affirmation-a-… Cua, A. S. Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2013. Galvany, Albert. "Discussing Usefulness: Trees As Metaphor In The Zhuangzi." Monumenta Serica 57, no. 1 (2009): 71-97. doi:10.1179/mon.2009.57.1.002. Graham, A. C. Chuang-Tzu: The Seven Inner Chapters and Other Writings from the Book Chuang-tzŭ. London: Allen & Unwin, 1981. Kohn, Livia. Chuang-Tzu: The Tao of Perfect Happiness—Selections Annotated & Explained. Woodstock: SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2011. Major, John S. "The Efficacy of Uselessness: A Chuang-tzu Motif." Philosophy East and West 25, no. 3 (July 1975): 265-79. doi:10.2307/1398197. Morejón, Gil. "Zhuangzi's Trees: Insubordinate Joy and Heavenly Becoming." Speech, The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy and The Society for the Study of Islamic Philosophy and Science, Fordham University, New York City, October 2013. www.academia.edu/5760519/Zhuangzis_Trees_Insubordi… _Becoming. Russell, Bertrand. The Problems of Philosophy. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Svarverud, Rune. "The Usefulness of Uselessness: The Realm of Useless Trees According to Zhuangzi." Studies in Chinese Language and Culture. Festschrift in Honour of Christoph Harbsmeier on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday (2006): 157-68. Van Norden, Bryan W. Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub., 2011.

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