Focusing on the chapter “Ch’i-wu lun’,(“Discussion on Making
All Things Equal" or“The Equality of Things") with all references
to ch’i-wu in other chapters as supplement, this paper analyzes
Chuang Tzu's concept of ch’i-wu and argues that it means
chiefly “forgetting of the self’” “abolishment of judgment,’, and
“transformation of things.’, This paper concludes by stating
that among the pre-Ch'in philosophers who deal with the concept
of ch’i-wu, Chuang Tzu has the most thorough and comprehensive
views, for his are not abstract notions but experiential derivations.