Zhuangzi's critique on language exhibits a deep contradiction in his thinking as he considered language to be both a tool and an entity, despite its dialectical nature. Language is a type of poetic spiritual existence and contributes to the production of culture, and the text of Zhuangzi illustrates Zhuangzi's poetic view of language.
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The Tool and the Entity: The Language Philosophy in Zhuangzi's Aesthetics[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2013, 33(5): 163-168