"乘物以游心"--zhuang zi
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sinologist -
recently i'm learning on a chinese ancient philosopher"zhuang zi".
my teacher assigned me a homework to translate what does"乘物以游心＂mean.
as i can see,"乘" means to take something's usage, 游 is to be free.
but i'm not sure how to translate this into english, i wish to know there could be better ideas.
thank you!
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studentyoung -
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recently i'm learning on a chinese ancient philosopher"zhuang zi".
my teacher assigned me a homework to translate what does"乘物以游心＂mean.
as i can see,"乘" means to take something's usage, 游 is to be free.
I don'’t think 乘 here means to take something’s usage, especially it is from Zhuangzi.
I think 乘here means “over”or “beyond”, and 物 means everything outside your body.
乘物 means “beyond the outside world”.
乘物以游心: Keep your consciousness beyond the outside world (don’t be confined by the
outside world) to free your mind. (Just for your reference.)
Cheers!
Sam Addington -
I have not been able to refer to a dictionary of the origin of word meanings, but it would seem to
me that the meaning of "ride" as in riding a horse would go back rather far into the past. Would
it be possible to go with this meaning? I like it!
In other words, start with a blade of grass, or with an insect, or a stone on the road, or
anything and let you mind run wild! Go places with your imagination you have never been.
Basically we are saying the same thing, but perhaps I am taking a simpler, more literal approach?
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