縣解 Freeing the Mind from Bias
解除倒懸的狀態(縣:“懸”的本字)。也作“懸解”。出自《莊子·養生主》。莊子認為,人們往往站在自我立場上去看待他者,因而按照自己的標準形成對他者、對世界的成見,讓自己的心處于某種執著的情緒或狀態之中。在莊子看來,這種執著于內心成見的狀態,就好像心被捆縛倒懸起來。而破除內心的成見,解除心被倒懸的狀態,即是所謂的“縣解”。
Literally, this term means to reverse the state of one being hung upside down. It originated from Zhuangzi. The author Zhuangzi found that people tend to look at other people or things from their own positions, and they thus develop biased views about others and the world. Their mind is consequently in a state of tension. To Zhuangzi, this state of mind of clinging to one's prejudice is like one being bound and hung upside down. So, breaking free from subjective bias is like freeing one from this state of tension.
引例 Citation:
◎適來,夫子時也;適去,夫子順也。安時而處順,哀樂不能入也,古者謂是帝之縣解。(《莊子·養生主》)
正該來時,老子應時而生;正該去時,老子順時而死。安于時命而順應變化,悲哀和歡樂就不能進入內心,古時候稱這樣做為天然的解除倒懸。
When time called, Laozi was born; when time was due, he passed away. When one follows the law of nature, he will not be disturbed by grief or joy. This was known in ancient times as a natural way of freeing the mind from bias or distorted perception, like freeing one from a state of being hung upside down. (Zhuangzi)
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責任編輯:劉懌莎