This article aims to understand Guo Xiang’s concept of self-so in the perspective of the metaphysical agenda of the Xuanxue movement. After reviewing the core features of this metaphysical agenda, I show that Guo Xiang’s original use of self-so could be understood as an exegetical tool to deal with the challenges addressed to language in the Zhuangzi, as well as with its conception of reality as ever-transforming. I attempt to show that although Guo Xiang dismisses the metaphysical quest for a first principle, his philosophy can nevertheless be read as an enquiry into the most fundamental feature of reality.

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何为自我？：郭襄自然观的形而上解读

本文旨在从玄学运动的形而上学议程的角度来理解郭襄的自我概念。在回顾了这一形而上学议程的核心特征之后，我表明郭襄最初对自我的使用可以被理解为一种解释工具，以应对庄子对语言的挑战，以及一如既往的现实观念。 -转变。我试图表明，尽管郭象摒弃了形而上学对第一原则的追求，但他的哲学仍然可以被解读为对现实最基本特征的探究。